- Sean Banks
Sean Anthony Banks (born
January 20 1985 , inNew York City ,United States ) is a professionalbasketball player formerly of theNBDL 'sTulsa 66ers . Banks is a 6'8" forward who played AAU basketball for the Tim Thomas Playaz. He attended theUniversity of Memphis , where he was named theConference USA Freshman of the Year in 2004 after leading his team in scoring. He left Memphis as a Sophomore after becoming academically ineligible.Banks grew up in
Englewood, New Jersey . He is a graduate ofBergen Catholic High School in Oradell, New Jersey. [Glier, Ray. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9900E1DB1131F933A15750C0A9629C8B63 "COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Carney Answers Call for Memphis"] , "The New York Times ",March 20 ,2004 . AccessedNovember 7 ,2007 . "While the rest of the Memphis Tigers were finishing practice here Thursday, the day before their N.C.A.A. tournament opener against South Carolina, their coach, John Calipari, was handing his cellphone to Sean Banks, the freshman forward from Bergen Catholic High School.... Banks, who is from Oradell, N.J., has drawn raves all season."]Banks was signed by the
New Orleans Hornets as an undrafted rookie free agent in the summer of 2005. He was assigned to the Hornets NBDL affiliate Tulsa. OnJanuary 5 ,2006 he was waived by the Hornets and thus released by the 66ers. After being waived Banks spent time playing professional basketball in Puerto Rico as well as other D-League teams. Banks currently plays for theLos Angeles D-Fenders , another NBDL team. While playing on the Los Angeles D-Fenders Sean has received honors by participating in the D-League All-Star Game 08'(Scoring 14pts) in New Orleans and being named to the All D-League First Team (07-08)He Led The D-Fenders in Scoring by Averaging 22.4pts leading the team to the D-League Playoffs (07-08)
He has been invited to play with the
Toronto Raptors summer league team, and was named to the 11-man roster.He has been invited to play for Great Britains national team as his father is British. He will attend training camp on Augast 6th (08).
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