Lindy Waters

Lindy Waters III was born in July of 1997 in Oklahoma City. He is the son of Lisa Black-Waters and Lindy Waters Jr. and is a member of the Kiowa tribe. The sharpshooter's Kiowa name is "Pao", which means "three". Waters has three sisters. He played his high school ball at Norman North High School in Norman, Oklahoma, where as a senior he averaged 14.6 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.1 steals per contest. Waters then attended Oklahoma State University for four years and studied sports management. In the summer of 2018, Waters was named "Indian of the Year" at the 83rd annual American Indian Exposition in Anadarko. As a junior during the 2018-19 season, the OSU Cowboy averaged 12.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.2 made three-pointers and was named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention. As a senior, Waters earned Academic All-Big 12 honors as a second team member. Waters went undrafted in the 2020 NBA Draft and then played in The Basketball League for the Enid Outlaws. In the Fall of 2021, Waters joined the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA G League. On February 10th, 2022, Waters signed a two-way contract with the Thunder and made is NBA debut on February 11th with a brief appearance versus the Sixers.