# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rik-smits
# Generated: 2026-08-31T15:55:44.559Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rik-smits"
name: "Rik Smits"
slug: "rik-smits"
description: "Rik Smits, nicknamed \"the Dunking Dutchman\", is a Dutch former professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 2.24 m center was drafted by the Pacers out of Marist College with the second overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft. An NBA All-Star in 1998, Smits reached the NBA Finals in 2000."
tagline: "Dutch basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RikSmits_headshot.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1966-08-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.494924147370823
  historical:           20.75924933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "里克·斯米茨"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rik Smits"
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    title: "Rik Smits"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rik Smits"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rik Smits"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rik Smits"
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    title: "Rik Smits"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rik Smits"
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    title: "릭 스미츠 (농구 선수)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rik Smits"
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    title: "Рік Смітс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rik Smits"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rik_Smits"
    title: "Rik Smits"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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