# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:57:45.103Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-thomas"
name: "James Thomas"
slug: "james-thomas"
description: "James D. Thomas Jr. is an American former professional basketball player who most recently worked as an assistant coach for the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League. A 6'8\" forward from the University of Texas at Austin, Thomas was the recipient of the 2004–05 NBA Development League Rookie of the Year. He played in the NBA for the Portland Trail Blazers, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, and Chicago Bulls. After that he took his career overseas.\nIn 2012, he signed with Maccabi Haifa BC.\nFor the 2013–14 season he signed with Maccabi Rishon LeZion."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Thomas_02.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: "1980-11-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.11
  momentum:             0.5514705882352942
  historical:           5.676998666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Thomas_(basketball)"
    title: "James Thomas (basketball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_(%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A9)"
    title: "جيمس توماس (كرة سلة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_(%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 توماس (لاعب كرة السله)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Thomas_(cestista)"
    title: "James Thomas (cestista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Thomas"
    title: "James Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Thomas"
    title: "James Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1134048"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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