# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-silas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:13:55.198Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-silas"
name: "James Silas"
slug: "james-silas"
description: "James Edward Silas is an American former professional basketball player, who played the point guard position. Born in Tallulah, Louisiana, Silas played the majority of his career with the Dallas Chaparrals/San Antonio Spurs of the ABA/NBA. His nicknames include \"the Snake\", \"Captain Late\" and \"the Late Mr. Silas\", the latter two referring to the fact that Silas seemed to play his best late in games."
tagline: "American basketball player"
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: "1949-02-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.77
  momentum:             10
  historical:           12.493868
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  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%E5%B8%8C%E6%8B%89%E6%96%AF"
    title: "詹姆斯·希拉斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "جيمس سيلاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "جيمس سيلاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Silas"
    title: "James Silas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Silas"
    title: "James Silas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Silas"
    title: "James Silas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Silas"
    title: "James Silas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Silas"
    title: "James Silas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1_%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A1"
    title: "ג'יימס סיילאס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Silas"
    title: "James Silas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ジェームズ・サイラス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Silas"
    title: "James Silas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Сайлас, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Silas"
    title: "James Silas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1371033"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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