# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willis-reed
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:22:13.062Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willis-reed"
name: "Willis Reed"
slug: "willis-reed"
description: "Willis Reed Jr. was an American professional basketball player, coach, and general manager. He spent his entire ten-year pro playing career (1964–1974) with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Reed was a seven-time NBA All-Star and five-time All-NBA selection, including once on the first team in 1970, when he was named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP). Until Nikola Jokić won his first MVP in 2020-21, he was the only player drafted in the second round to win the award. He was a two-time NBA champion and was voted the NBA Finals MVP both times. In 1982, Reed was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was named to both the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams."
tagline: "American basketball player (1942–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willis_Reed_1972_publicity_photo.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: "1942-06-25"
deathDate: "2023-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             40
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  currentAttention:     22.28
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
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ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 110
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1345119/"
    handle:    "nm1345119"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump