# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-zidek
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:34:27.254Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-zidek"
name: "George Zidek"
slug: "george-zidek"
description: "Jiří \"George\" Zídek Jr., is a Czech former professional basketball player who is a sports commentator. He played college basketball in the United States for the UCLA Bruins from 1991 to 1995. He then became the first Czech player ever drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA), when he was selected by the Charlotte Hornets in the first round of the 1995 NBA draft. He played in the NBA for a total of three seasons and then played professionally in Europe, before retiring in 2006."
tagline: "Czech basketball player (born 1973)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1973-08-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.79
  momentum:             1.395348837209302
  historical:           10.95518533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%96%AC%E6%B2%BB%C2%B7%E9%BD%8A%E4%BB%A3%E5%85%8B"
    title: "喬治·齊代克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "جورج زيديك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "جورج زيديك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Z%C3%ADdek"
    title: "Jiří Zídek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Z%C3%ADdek_Jr."
    title: "Jiří Zídek Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Zidek"
    title: "George Zidek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Z%C3%ADdek"
    title: "Jiří Zídek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Z%C3%ADdek"
    title: "Jiří Zídek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Z%C3%ADdek_(1973.)"
    title: "Jiří Zídek (1973.)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%BB_%D4%B6%D5%AB%D5%A4%D5%A5%D5%AF"
    title: "Ջորջ Զիդեկ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Z%C3%ADdek"
    title: "Jiří Zídek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Z%C3%ADdek"
    title: "Jiří Zídek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Z%C3%ADdek_(ur._1973)"
    title: "Jiří Zídek (ur. 1973)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1689849"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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