# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laphonso-ellis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:30:26.349Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laphonso-ellis"
name: "LaPhonso Ellis"
slug: "laphonso-ellis"
description: "LaPhonso Darnell Ellis is an American former professional basketball player and college basketball analyst. He played for 11 years in the National Basketball Association after starring at Notre Dame. He worked as a broadcaster for ESPN from 2009 to 2023 and now works for the Big Ten Network and Fox and FS1."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LaPhonso_Ellis_2020.png?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: "1970-05-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.59611733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1652250/"
    handle:    "nm1652250"
sources:
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    title: "拉方索·艾利斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لافونسو إيليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لافونسو ايليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaPhonso_Ellis"
    title: "LaPhonso Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaPhonso_Ellis"
    title: "LaPhonso Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaPhonso_Ellis"
    title: "LaPhonso Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "لافونسو الیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaPhonso_Ellis"
    title: "LaPhonso Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%96%D7%95_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A1"
    title: "לפונזו אליס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaPhonso_Ellis"
    title: "LaPhonso Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaPhonso_Ellis"
    title: "LaPhonso Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE_%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Лафонсо Елліс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1424134"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3965361"
    title: "LaPhonso Ellis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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