# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-strong
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:21:28.948Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-strong"
name: "Derek Strong"
slug: "derek-strong"
description: "Derek Lamar Strong is an American former professional basketball player who played in ten National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons from 1991 to 2001 for six different teams. A 6'8\" power forward from Xavier University, Strong was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the second round of the 1990 NBA draft. Strong has successfully transitioned into stock car racing."
tagline: "American professional basketball player"
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: "1968-02-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.549569333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Strong"
    title: "Derek Strong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "ديريك سترونغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "ديريك سترونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Strong"
    title: "Derek Strong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Strong"
    title: "Derek Strong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Strong"
    title: "Derek Strong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Strong"
    title: "Derek Strong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3705850"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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