# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-poquette
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:16:41.270Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-poquette"
name: "Ben Poquette"
slug: "ben-poquette"
description: "Benedict Jay Poquette is an American former basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he graduated from East Lansing High School and Central Michigan University. He was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the second round of the 1977 NBA draft, and played for them from 1978–79. He also played for the Utah Jazz in 1980–83, the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1984–87, and the Chicago Bulls in 1987."
tagline: "American basketball player (born 1955)"
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: "1955-05-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.674442666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Poquette"
    title: "Ben Poquette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "بن بوكوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "بن بوكوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Poquette"
    title: "Ben Poquette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Poquette"
    title: "Ben Poquette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Poquette"
    title: "Ben Poquette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1626563"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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