# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sly-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:47:38.171Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sly-williams"
name: "Sly Williams"
slug: "sly-williams"
description: "Sylvester Williams is an American former professional basketball player. Born in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1979 he was drafted 21st overall by the New York Knicks and he played parts of seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the New York Knicks, Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics, appearing in 305 regular season games and seven in the playoffs. In 1985 he signed for the Celtics, but was released on December 2 after a number of personal issues. The Celtics went on to win the 1986 NBA Finals in his absence. As a member of the Knicks, Williams was the last player to wear No. 33 before Patrick Ewing."
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: "1958-01-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.65
  momentum:             0.3206106870229008
  historical:           5.691002666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_Williams"
    title: "Sly Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "سلي وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "سلى وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_Williams"
    title: "Sly Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_Williams"
    title: "Sly Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_Williams"
    title: "Sly Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3962930"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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