# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ariel-mcdonald
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:23:22.881Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ariel-mcdonald"
name: "Ariel McDonald"
slug: "ariel-mcdonald"
description: "Ariel Rene McDonald is an American-Slovenian former professional basketball player. He played at the point guard position. A high quality floor general who was the 2000 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP, FIBA SuproLeague Final Four MVP in 2001, and an All-EuroLeague Second Team member in 2002, McDonald played for top European teams like Montepaschi Siena, Olimpija Ljubljana, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Panathinaikos, Akasvayu Girona, and Dynamo Moscow."
tagline: "American-Slovenian professional basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ArielMcDonald01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1972-01-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.78
  momentum:             3.720930232558139
  historical:           11.15813733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ariel McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "أرييل ماكدونالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ارييل ماكدونالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_McDonald"
    title: "Ariel McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_McDonald"
    title: "Ariel McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_McDonald"
    title: "Ariel McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arriel_McDonald"
    title: "Arriel McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_McDonald"
    title: "Ariel McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%93"
    title: "אריאל מקדונלד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_McDonald"
    title: "Ariel McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arriel_McDonald"
    title: "Arriel McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_McDonald"
    title: "Ariel McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%2C_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Макдональд, Ариэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2452206"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump