Trendon Watford

Trendon Watford

25-Year-Old ForwardF
Philadelphia 76ers
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Watford is coming off a career-best season in Brooklyn, although injuries kept him from truly hitting his stride. Across 44 regular-season appearances, Watford averaged 10.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.3 blocks and 0.7 three-pointers across 20.8 minutes per game. Overall, on a per-game basis in standard nine-category leagues, he finished outside the top 300. The 76ers signed him to a two-year, $5.3 million deal on the opening day of free agency, as they needed some frontcourt depth to offset the loss of Guerschon Yabusele. The health of Paul George (knee) and Joel Embiid (knee) remains in question, but the 76ers were able to bring back Andre Drummond. Additionally, Kelly Oubre and Justin Edwards are capable of playing as a small-ball four. Watford's path to minutes certainly isn't easy, but that could change if/when George and Embiid miss time due to injuries. But purely from an upside perspective, Watford's lack of peripheral stats really holds him back. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year, $2.46 million contract with the 76ers in July of 2025. Contract includes $2.8 million team option for 2026-27.
Personal Bio/PreCareer Summary

Trendon Watford, brother of pro-basketball player Christian Watford, was born in Alabama during November of 2000. Watford started his high-school career with Shades Valley High School in Irondale, Alabama while attending Irondale Middle School. Watford moved to Mountain Brook, Alabama to attend Mountain Brook High School during his four years of high school. During these four years, Watford became a five-star prospect and broke multiple Alabama high school records including the all-time rebounding record. Watford also led Mountain Brook High School to three consecutive high school state championships from 2017-2019. He committed to play college basketball for the Tigers of LSU. Watford was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team in 2020 after putting up 13.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per game in his first year at LSU. Watford originally declared for the 2020 NBA draft but decided to return for his sophomore year at LSU. During his sophomore season, Watford recorded a career-high 30 points against Alabama in the SEC Tournament. He averaged 16.3 points and 7.4 rebounds during his second and final year at LSU before hiring an agent and declaring for the 2021 NBA draft. Watford went undrafted but signed a two-way contract with the Portland Trail Blazers in August of 2021.

Coming off bench Saturday
FPhiladelphia 76ers
March 7, 2026
Watford is not in the 76ers' starting lineup against the Hawks on Saturday.
ANALYSIS
Watford made his sixth start of the season in Wednesday's 106-102 win over the Jazz, when he finished with seven points (3-6 FG, 1-1 FT), seven rebounds, three assists and one block over 22 minutes. He'll revert to a bench role for Saturday's contest due to the return of Kelly Oubre (illness).
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How does Trendon Watford compare to other players?
This section compares his stats with all players from the previous three seasons (minimum 200 minutes played)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
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    Percentage of field goal attempts from three point range.
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True Shooting %
57.2%
 
Effective Field Goal %
54.1%
 
3-Point Attempt Rate
18.0%
 
Free Throw Rate
25.8%
 
Offensive Rebound %
4.9%
 
Defensive Rebound %
17.7%
 
Total Rebound %
11.2%
 
Assist %
22.1%
 
Steal %
0.7%
 
Block %
2.0%
 
Turnover %
11.6%
 
Usage %
16.6%
 
Fantasy Points Per Game
14.8
 
Fantasy Points Per Minute
0.9
 
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2022 Fantasy Outlook
Watford saw little court time during the early part of his first NBA campaign, but he played 30-plus minutes in 11 of 15 games following the All-Star break and averaged 14.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.0 steals and 0.9 blocks during that stretch. A leg injury kept him out of Portland's final eight contests, but that didn't dampen the impression he made on the organization as an undrafted rookie. To that point, the Trail Blazers terminated Watford's two-way contract and signed him to a four-year deal in mid-February. The addition of Jerami Grant in the offseason means that Watford isn't going to reprise his late-season starting role, but he could carve out decent minutes off the bench. Watford isn't likely to be a major fantasy asset next year, yet his MVP performance in the Las Vegas Summer League championship game this July further validates that he belongs in the NBA.
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Starting Wednesday
FPhiladelphia 76ers
March 4, 2026
Watford will start Wednesday versus Utah, Adam Aaronson of PhillyVoice.com reports.
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Drops out of rotation
FPhiladelphia 76ers
February 22, 2026
Watford (coach's decision) went unused off the bench in Saturday's 126-111 loss to the Pelicans.
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Sliding to bench Wednesday
FPhiladelphia 76ers
February 11, 2026
Watford won't start Wednesday's game against the Knicks, Adam Aaronson of PhillyVoice.com reports.
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Slides into starting five
FPhiladelphia 76ers
February 9, 2026
Watford is starting Monday's game against Portland.
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Surprises with 16 points
FPhiladelphia 76ers
February 4, 2026
Watford finished with 16 points (7-13 FG, 1-2 3Pt, 1-2 FT), eight rebounds, three assists and two blocks in 27 minutes during Tuesday's 113-94 victory over the Warriors.
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Draws comparison to Ben Simmons
FPhiladelphia 76ers
November 9, 2025
Joel Embiid compared Watford to peak Ben Simmons after his triple-double in Saturday's win over the Raptors, according to Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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"Watford reminded me of Ben Simmons [tonight]," Embiid said after the win over the Raptors. "That was good. We miss those. Triple double, doing everything, so that was good." It was Watford's first start of the 2025-26 season, and he's clearly in line for a bigger role after turning heads in a game where the Sixers needed his contributions en route to a 130-120 victory.
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