Great stuff; let me bring the quality way down:
For a season or two Slick Watts was my favorite player. I don't know why. Maybe the nickname, maybe the slick at a time of gigantic 'fros, maybe the headband. Just one of the guys from your childhood that you like for no particular reason (along with baseball pitcher Wilbur Wood (I played Little League with a Wilbur Wood model glove), football player Garo Yepremian, and hockey player Pete Mahovlich).