# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/malik-hairston
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:32:13.550Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/malik-hairston"
name: "Malik Hairston"
slug: "malik-hairston"
description: "Malik Samory Hairston is an American former professional basketball player. A shooting guard-small forward from the University of Oregon's Ducks, he was chosen in the 2008 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns, who then traded him to the San Antonio Spurs. Hairston has also played with the San Antonio Spurs, the Austin Toros, Montepaschi Siena and Olimpia Milano of the Italian League, and Galatasaray of the Turkish League. He was born in Detroit, Michigan."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Malik_Samory_Hairston.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1987-02-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump