# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sherman-douglas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:08:33.626Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sherman-douglas"
name: "Sherman Douglas"
slug: "sherman-douglas"
description: "Sherman Douglas is an American former professional basketball player from Syracuse University who played for the Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets and the Los Angeles Clippers from 1989 to 2001. His nickname, The General is a play on his first name and his position as a point guard. He was known for revolutionizing the running \"floater\" shot in the lane."
tagline: "American basketball player"
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: "1966-09-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.9
  momentum:             3.582089552238807
  historical:           9.854
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "谢尔曼·道格拉斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%BA%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "شيرمان دوغلاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "شيرمان دوجلاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Douglas"
    title: "Sherman Douglas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Douglas"
    title: "Sherman Douglas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Douglas"
    title: "Sherman Douglas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%9F_%D7%93%D7%90%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%A1"
    title: "שרמן דאגלס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Douglas"
    title: "Sherman Douglas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Douglas"
    title: "Sherman Douglas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Дуглас, Шерман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Douglas"
    title: "Sherman Douglas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1456878"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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