# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-holton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:17:32.354Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-holton"
name: "Michael Holton"
slug: "michael-holton"
description: "Michael David Holton is an American former professional basketball player, and current television studio analyst for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA. Born in Seattle, Washington, he played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins from 1979 to 1983, and was selected in the third round of the 1983 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors, but began his NBA career with the Phoenix Suns in 1984–85. Holton, a 6-foot-4-inch (1.93 m), 185-pound (84 kg) guard, also spent his career with the Chicago Bulls, Portland Trail Blazers, and Charlotte Hornets. He also played in the CBA for four teams in as many seasons from 1983 to 1992. He started 60 games for the expansion Charlotte Hornets. Holton briefly played for Great Taste Coffee in the Philippine Basketball Association."
tagline: "American basketball player-coach"
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: "1961-08-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.345825333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Holton"
    title: "Michael Holton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مايكل هولتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مايكل هولتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Holton"
    title: "Michael Holton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Holton"
    title: "Michael Holton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Holton"
    title: "Michael Holton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Holton"
    title: "Michael Holton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3856181"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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