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Gene Banks

Age 67 · USA · 201 cm (6'7") · 98 kg · Born May 15, 1959 · Duke

11.3 PPG 5.8 RPG 2.9 APG 468 games 6 seasons
Gene Banks

Career snapshot

6seasons
468games
5,306career pts
14.9PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: San Antonio Spurs · 323 games · 1981-82–1984-85

Position rank · 1986-87

#8PPG rank
#7PER rank
#4WS rank
Among 18 Shooting Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 14.9 1982-83 · SAS
RPG 7.6 1982-83 · SAS
APG 3.4 1982-83 · SAS
PER 16.7 1982-83 · SAS
WS 7.9 1982-83 · SAS

Draft

1981
Round 2 · Pick 28
by San Antonio Spurs
from Duke

Career by team

Chicago Bulls
1985-86 – 1986-87 · 2 seasons
10.4 PPG 4.6 RPG 2.9 APG
145 games
San Antonio Spurs
1981-82 – 1984-85 · 4 seasons
11.8 PPG 6.3 RPG 2.8 APG
323 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1981-82 SAS 80 4 21.3 9.6 5.1 1.8 0.7 0.2 47.7 0.0 68.4 14.7 3.5
1982-83 SAS 81 81 33.6 14.9 7.6 3.4 1.0 0.3 55.0 0.0 70.5 16.7 7.9
1983-84 SAS 80 66 32.5 13.1 7.3 3.2 1.3 0.3 56.8 16.7 74.1 15.4 6.2
1984-85 SAS 82 41 25.5 9.5 5.4 2.9 0.8 0.2 58.6 33.3 77.4 14.5 5.6
1985-86 CHI 82 33 26.1 10.9 4.4 3.1 1.0 0.1 51.7 0.0 71.8 15.5 4.3
1986-87 CHI 63 39 28.9 9.7 4.9 2.7 0.8 0.3 53.9 0.0 76.7 12.6 3.6

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1985 San Antonio Spurs Chicago Bulls

All entries are season change.

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Born on May 15

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About Gene Banks

Eugene Lavon Banks is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He was born and raised in Philadelphia.