Banks with the Raptors
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Free agent | |
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Position | Point guard |
Personal information | |
Born |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
November 19, 1981
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
Career information | |
High school |
Cimarron-Memorial (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2003 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13th overall |
Selected by the Memphis Grizzlies | |
Playing career | 2003–present |
Career history | |
2003–2006 | Boston Celtics |
2006 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
2006–2009 | Phoenix Suns |
2008–2010 | Miami Heat |
2010–2010 | Toronto Raptors |
2010–2013 | New Orleans Hornets |
2012 | Idaho Stampede |
2012–2013 | Panathinaikos Athens |
2014–2015 | SLUC Nancy Basket |
2016 | Champville |
2016 | Al Gharafa |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Arthur Lemarcus "Marcus" Banks III (born November 19, 1981), is an American professional basketball player.
Banks is 6'2" (1.88 m) tall and 225 lb (93 kg). He played college basketball at the UNLV with the UNLV Runnin' Rebels, where he was Co-Defensive Player of the Year as a senior. He was selected with the thirteenth pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies, then traded to the Boston Celtics, along with Kendrick Perkins.
After playing two years at Dixie College, a junior college in St. George, Utah, Banks transferred to UNLV. He played for the UNLV Runnin' Rebels, where he was Co-Defensive Player of the Year of the Mountain West Conference as a senior.
Banks was selected as the thirteenth pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies; however, he was then traded to the Boston Celtics along with Kendrick Perkins. He was traded to the Lakers in 2004 for Gary Payton, but returned to Boston after the trade was amended following Payton's refusal to take a physical. In Boston, Banks was known for his good defense and ball handling; Allen Iverson, a division rival point guard, named Banks as the toughest defender he faced in his career. Coach Doc Rivers had high hopes for rookie Delonte West, who also played point guard.