# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-harper
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:22:44.839Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-harper"
name: "Derek Harper"
slug: "derek-harper"
description: "Derek Ricardo Harper is an American former professional basketball player. A second-team All-American at the University of Illinois, he was the 11th overall pick of the 1983 NBA draft and spent 16 seasons as a point guard in the National Basketball Association with the Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, and Los Angeles Lakers. Harper is widely regarded as one of the best players to never have been selected to an All-Star game."
tagline: "American basketball player (born 1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Derek_Harper_(9HFbKlxj1Es)_(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: "1961-10-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.33
  momentum:             2.089227421109902
  historical:           17.142488
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/D_Harp_12"
    handle:    "D_Harp_12"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "ديريك هاربر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديريك هاربر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derek Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Harper"
    title: "Derek Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Harper"
    title: "Derek Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%BE%D8%B1"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Harper"
    title: "Derek Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Harper"
    title: "Derek Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "דרק הרפר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Դերեկ Հարփեր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derek Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "デレック・ハーパー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "데릭 하퍼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derek Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Harper"
    title: "Derek Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA"
    title: "Харпер, Дерек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "德里克·哈珀"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2724813"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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