# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-bailey
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:11:13.504Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-bailey"
name: "James Bailey"
slug: "james-bailey"
description: "James L. Bailey is an American former professional basketball player. A 6-foot-9-inch (2.06 m) forward/center from Rutgers University, he was selected with the 6th pick of the 1979 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. Nicknamed \"Jammin' James,\" he spent 9 seasons (1979–1988) in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing for the Sonics as well as the New Jersey Nets, Houston Rockets, New York Knicks, and Phoenix Suns. He ended his NBA career with 5,246 total points."
tagline: "American basketball player (born 1957)"
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: "1957-05-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.888446666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A9%B9%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E8%B4%9D%E5%88%A9"
    title: "詹姆斯·贝利"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_(%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A9)"
    title: "جيمس بيلي (كرة سلة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_(%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: "جيمس بيلى (لاعب كرة السله)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bailey_(basketball)"
    title: "James Bailey (basketball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bailey"
    title: "James Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bailey"
    title: "James Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bailey_(basket-ball)"
    title: "James Bailey (basket-ball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bailey"
    title: "James Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bailey"
    title: "James Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1618075"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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