{"id":511934,"date":"2026-08-27T12:59:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=511934"},"modified":"2026-08-27T12:59:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:59:56","slug":"paul-watson-i-want-to-help-write-a-new-chapter-in-rome-basketball-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/paul-watson-i-want-to-help-write-a-new-chapter-in-rome-basketball-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Watson: \u201cI want to help write a new chapter in Rome basketball history\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"272\">Paul Watson excited about BC Roma project<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"444\">Paul Watson has shared his first impressions as a <strong data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"335\">BC Roma<\/strong> player, expressing his enthusiasm about joining the ambitious new basketball project in the Italian capital.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"446\" data-end=\"682\">\u201cI\u2019m really excited. It\u2019s a great opportunity, and being part of the Roman basketball project is an honor. Together with the team and my experience, I want to help write a new page in the history of basketball in the city,\u201d Watson said.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"684\" data-end=\"731\">Paul Watson ready to be a leader for BC Roma<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"929\">The former <strong data-start=\"744\" data-end=\"789\">Toronto Raptors and Oklahoma City Thunder<\/strong> player also wants to have an important impact away from the court, particularly when it comes to helping the younger members of the roster.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"1111\">\u201cI\u2019m not only supposed to play well, but also to be a support. I want to help the younger players, answer their questions and be available in every way possible,\u201d Watson explained.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1113\" data-end=\"1174\">Alessandro Magro making a strong impression on Paul Watson<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1176\" data-end=\"1329\">Watson has also been impressed by the first practices under head coach <strong data-start=\"1247\" data-end=\"1267\">Alessandro Magro<\/strong>, highlighting the energy and competitiveness within the team.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1331\" data-end=\"1495\">\u201cThe coach gives us a lot of energy and tries every day to get the best out of us. Everyone is competitive, focused and fully involved in the project,\u201d Watson said.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1497\" data-end=\"1544\">Paul Watson on his first impressions of Rome<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1546\" data-end=\"1758\">The American forward has also enjoyed his first experience of life in the Italian capital, describing <strong data-start=\"1648\" data-end=\"1669\">Rome as beautiful<\/strong>and emphasizing how different it is from the cities he experienced in the United States.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1760\" data-end=\"1913\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">With his NBA experience and leadership qualities, Watson is expected to play an important role as BC Roma begins a new chapter in its basketball project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former NBA player is excited about joining BC Roma and is ready to contribute both on and off the court under head coach Alessandro Magro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":511921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[84,26],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-511934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurocup","category-serie-a"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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