# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-petersen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:49:47.102Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-petersen"
name: "Jim Petersen"
slug: "jim-petersen"
description: "James Richard Petersen is an American former professional basketball player, and a current television analyst with the Minnesota Timberwolves. From 2009 to 2017 he served as an assistant coach and later associate head coach for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. He played as both a power forward and a center."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Petersen_1988.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: "1962-02-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.703098666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Petersen"
    title: "Jim Petersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "جيم بيترسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "جيم بيترسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Petersen"
    title: "Jim Petersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Petersen"
    title: "Jim Petersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Petersen"
    title: "Jim Petersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3808371"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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