# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cazzie-russell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:28:05.706Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cazzie-russell"
name: "Cazzie Russell"
slug: "cazzie-russell"
description: "Cazzie Lee Russell is an American former professional basketball player and coach. An NBA All-Star, he was selected by the New York Knicks with the first overall pick of the 1966 NBA draft. He won an NBA championship with the Knicks in 1970."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cazzie_Russell_MVP_(cropped).png?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: "1944-06-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             21.79666487358795
  historical:           12.42482
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "卡齐·拉塞尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cazzie Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cazzie_Russell"
    title: "Cazzie Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cazzie_Russell"
    title: "Cazzie Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cazzie_Russell"
    title: "Cazzie Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%96%D7%99_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%9C"
    title: "קאזי ראסל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cazzie Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cazzie Russell"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump