After going undrafted in 2021, Watford signed a two-way contract with the Trailblazers, and played well enough to turn that into a multi-year contract. He's a combo big that is a little bit caught between positions. Watford has mostly played center, playing 71% of his minutes there in '21-'22 and 54% in '22-'23, according to Cleaning the Glass. Generally, if you have to ask which big position someone should play, the answer is likely center, and the Blazers played some interesting five-out lineups with Watford at center. He mostly played power forward for the Nets in '23-'24 though. Offensively, Watford has some skill and touch inside. He can finish with either hand at the rim or from short floater range. He has hit a decent 68% at the rim, according to Cleaning the Glass. He doesn't quite have the ability to stretch the floor yet. He'll take the occasional 3-pointer, but has hit only 35% thus far in his career, and has a slow release. That sample size is fairly small, so we probably shouldn't read too much into the percentages, but Watford certainly has more to prove as a shooter. If he's going to play power forward, he most likely needs to be a threat from outside. He has good feel and ball-handling ability for a big, and has some play-making ability off drives.  Defensively, Watford is only 6'9" but he has a 7'2" wingspan which gives him the potential to provide some rim protection. He wasn't a good defender in college though, and certainly has work to do to become a good NBA defender. He gets beat on-ball and isn't the most aware off-ball defender, allowing open cuts and not rotating to help in a timely manner.  Watford will still only be 24 years old as a free agent in 2025, so there's time for him to grow, but the NBA can give up on you quickly if you don't produce.