# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcus-thornton-q1365204
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:57:51.038Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marcus-thornton-q1365204"
name: "Marcus Thornton"
slug: "marcus-thornton-q1365204"
description: "Marcus Terrell Thornton is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the LSU Tigers before being selected in the second round of the 2009 NBA draft by the Miami Heat. He played eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the New Orleans Hornets, Sacramento Kings, Brooklyn Nets, Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets and Washington Wizards."
tagline: "American basketball player (born 1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcus_Thornton_Kings.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: "1987-06-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.1
  momentum:             4.285714285714284
  historical:           15.98970933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Marcus Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماركوس ثورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marcus Thornton (baloncestista de 1987)"
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    title: "Marcus Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Thornton_(cestista_1987)"
    title: "Marcus Thornton (cestista 1987)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Маркус Торнтон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marcus Thornton (ur. 1987)"
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    title: "Marcus Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marcus Thornton (1987 doğumlu basketbolcu)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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