# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:18:55.956Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-smith"
name: "Derek Smith"
slug: "derek-smith"
description: "Derek Ervin Smith was an American professional basketball player. He won a national championship with the Louisville Cardinals in 1980, and spent nine years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in a career shortened by a knee injury. Smith went on to become an assistant coach for the Washington Bullets from 1994 until his death two years later."
tagline: "American basketball player, born 1961 (1961–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Derek_Smith_1986-87.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: "1961-11-01"
deathDate: "1996-08-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.709758666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Smith_(basketball)"
    title: "Derek Smith (basketball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A9)"
    title: "ديريك سميث (كرة سلة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%87)"
    title: "ديريك سميث (لاعب كرة السله)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Smith"
    title: "Derek Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Smith"
    title: "Derek Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Smith_(basket-ball)"
    title: "Derek Smith (basket-ball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3705847"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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