# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/deshawn-sims
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:07:23.211Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/deshawn-sims"
name: "DeShawn Sims"
slug: "deshawn-sims"
description: "DeShawn Adrian Sims Jr.  is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player. He is the head coach at Pershing High School and last played for Chieti of the Serie A2 Basket. He has previously played for Sagesse and Champville of the Lebanese Basketball League, as well as teams in Greece, Korea, Israel and Puerto Rico after a career with the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team. In high school, he became Associated Press Class A Player of the Year, a Jordan Brand All-American and a fourth team Parade All-American. At Michigan he became a second-team All-Big Ten Conference selection. He had signed a free-agent contract with the Boston Celtics for whom he played in the Orlando Summer League in addition to playing for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Summer League. He became a 2011 D-League All-Star and NBA Development League Rookie of the Year."
tagline: "American basketball player (b. 1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/20100123_DeShawn_Sims_in_the_locker_room.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: "1988-01-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.27
  momentum:             0.2577319587628866
  historical:           6.540497333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Peedi3416"
    handle:    "Peedi3416"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeShawn_Sims"
    title: "DeShawn Sims"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "ديشون سيمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "ديشون سيمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeShawn_Sims"
    title: "DeShawn Sims"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeShawn_Sims"
    title: "DeShawn Sims"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "دشان سیمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeShawn_Sims"
    title: "DeShawn Sims"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3020056"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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