# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-edwards
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:23:10.582Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-edwards"
name: "James Edwards"
slug: "james-edwards"
description: "James Franklin Edwards is an American former professional basketball player who was a center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Los Angeles Lakers, Indiana Pacers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers, and Chicago Bulls during a career that spanned 19 seasons. Though he never appeared in an All-Star Game, he was a reliable low-post scorer, averaging 12.7 points per game over his career. He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Edwards_-_Phoenix_Suns.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: "1955-11-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.25
  momentum:             3.932156217078909
  historical:           14.27801733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "詹姆斯·爱德华兹"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمس إدواردز (كرة سلة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "جيمس ادواردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edwards_(Basketballspieler)"
    title: "James Edwards (Basketballspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edwards_(basketball)"
    title: "James Edwards (basketball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edwards"
    title: "James Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2_(%D8%A8%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "جیم ادواردز (بسکتبال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edwards_(basket-ball)"
    title: "James Edwards (basket-ball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1_%D7%90%D7%93%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%A1_(%D7%9B%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%9F)"
    title: "ג'יימס אדוארדס (כדורסלן)"
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    title: "Ջեյմս Էդվարդս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edwards"
    title: "James Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edwards"
    title: "James Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edwards"
    title: "James Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_(%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edwards"
    title: "James Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%95%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%81_(%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Джеймс Едвардс (баскетболіст)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q547977"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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