# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-ray
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:15:32.919Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-ray"
name: "James Ray"
slug: "james-ray"
description: "James Earl Ray was an American professional basketball player. After playing college basketball for the Jacksonville Dolphins, he was selected fifth overall by the Denver Nuggets in the 1980 NBA draft. He subsequently played three seasons for the team, appearing in 103 games and finishing with career averages of 3.4 points and 2.2 rebounds per game. Moving to Europe, he went on to play professionally in Italy, Spain and Turkey."
tagline: "Former professional basketball player (1957–2023)"
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: "1957-07-27"
deathDate: "2023-12-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.79
  momentum:             2.628389154704944
  historical:           7.409000000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Ray_(basketbol)"
    title: "James Earl Ray (basketbol)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A_(%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A9)"
    title: "جيمس راي (كرة سلة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D8%A7%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 راى (لاعب كرة السله)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ray_(basketball)"
    title: "James Ray (basketball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Ray_(baloncestista)"
    title: "James Earl Ray (baloncestista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ray_(basket-ball)"
    title: "James Ray (basket-ball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ray"
    title: "James Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ray"
    title: "James Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q677332"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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