# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lasalle-thompson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:08:41.483Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lasalle-thompson"
name: "LaSalle Thompson"
slug: "lasalle-thompson"
description: "LaSalle Thompson III is an American former professional basketball player, who spent most of his 15-year career with the Kansas City/Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers. The 6 ft 10 in, 245-pound Thompson played the center position during his playing career. He later served as an assistant coach for the Charlotte Bobcats, during head coach Larry Brown's tenure and for the New York Knicks during head coach Mike Woodson's tenure."
tagline: "American basketball player (born 1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LaSalle_Thompson_1986-87.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: "1961-06-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.686214666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaSalle_Thompson"
    title: "LaSalle Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "لاسال تومسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "لاسال تومسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaSalle_Thompson"
    title: "LaSalle Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaSalle_Thompson"
    title: "LaSalle Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaSalle_Thompson"
    title: "LaSalle Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3820613"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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