Gene Banks

Eugene Lavon Banks (Gene, Tinkerbell)

Position: Forward-Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-7 ▪ Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: May 15, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
High School: West Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
College: Duke University
Draft: San Antonio Spurs, 2nd round (5th pick, 28th overall), 1981 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 30, 1981

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1981-82	22	SAS	NBA	SF	80	4	1700	311	652	.477	0	8	.000	145	212	.684	157	254	411	147	55	17	106	199	767
1982-83	23	SAS	NBA	PF	81	81	2722	505	919	.550	0	5	.000	196	278	.705	222	390	612	279	78	21	171	229	1206
1983-84	24	SAS	NBA	PF	80	66	2600	424	747	.568	1	6	.167	200	270	.741	204	378	582	254	105	23	166	256	1049
1984-85	25	SAS	NBA	SF	82	41	2091	289	493	.586	1	3	.333	199	257	.774	133	312	445	234	65	13	140	220	778
1985-86	26	CHI	NBA	SF	82	33	2139	356	688	.517	0	19	.000	183	255	.718	178	182	360	251	81	10	139	212	895
1986-87	27	CHI	NBA	SF	63	39	1822	249	462	.539	0	5	.000	112	146	.767	115	193	308	170	52	17	113	173	610
Career			NBA		468	264	13074	2134	3961	.539	2	46	.043	1035	1418	.730	1009	1709	2718	1335	436	101	835	1289	5305

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1981-82	22	SAS	NBA	SF	80	4	21.3	3.9	8.2	.477	0.1	.000	1.8	2.7	.684	2.0	3.2	5.1	1.8	0.7	0.2	1.3	2.5	9.6
1982-83	23	SAS	NBA	PF	81	81	33.6	6.2	11.3	.550	0.1	.000	2.4	3.4	.705	2.7	4.8	7.6	3.4	1.0	0.3	2.1	2.8	14.9
1983-84	24	SAS	NBA	PF	80	66	32.5	5.3	9.3	.568	0.1	.167	2.5	3.4	.741	2.6	4.7	7.3	3.2	1.3	0.3	2.1	3.2	13.1
1984-85	25	SAS	NBA	SF	82	41	25.5	3.5	6.0	.586	0.0	.333	2.4	3.1	.774	1.6	3.8	5.4	2.9	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.7	9.5
1985-86	26	CHI	NBA	SF	82	33	26.1	4.3	8.4	.517	0.2	.000	2.2	3.1	.718	2.2	2.2	4.4	3.1	1.0	0.1	1.7	2.6	10.9
1986-87	27	CHI	NBA	SF	63	39	28.9	4.0	7.3	.539	0.1	.000	1.8	2.3	.767	1.8	3.1	4.9	2.7	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.7	9.7
Career			NBA		468	264	27.9	4.6	8.5	.539	0.1	.043	2.2	3.0	.730	2.2	3.7	5.8	2.9	0.9	0.2	1.8	2.8	11.3

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1981-82	22	SAS	NBA	SF	80	4	1700	6.6	13.8	.477	0.2	.000	3.1	4.5	.684	3.3	5.4	8.7	3.1	1.2	0.4	2.2	4.2	16.2
1982-83	23	SAS	NBA	PF	81	81	2722	6.7	12.2	.550	0.1	.000	2.6	3.7	.705	2.9	5.2	8.1	3.7	1.0	0.3	2.3	3.0	16.0
1983-84	24	SAS	NBA	PF	80	66	2600	5.9	10.3	.568	0.1	.167	2.8	3.7	.741	2.8	5.2	8.1	3.5	1.5	0.3	2.3	3.5	14.5
1984-85	25	SAS	NBA	SF	82	41	2091	5.0	8.5	.586	0.1	.333	3.4	4.4	.774	2.3	5.4	7.7	4.0	1.1	0.2	2.4	3.8	13.4
1985-86	26	CHI	NBA	SF	82	33	2139	6.0	11.6	.517	0.3	.000	3.1	4.3	.718	3.0	3.1	6.1	4.2	1.4	0.2	2.3	3.6	15.1
1986-87	27	CHI	NBA	SF	63	39	1822	4.9	9.1	.539	0.1	.000	2.2	2.9	.767	2.3	3.8	6.1	3.4	1.0	0.3	2.2	3.4	12.1
Career			NBA		468	264	13074	5.9	10.9	.539	0.1	.043	2.8	3.9	.730	2.8	4.7	7.5	3.7	1.2	0.3	2.3	3.5	14.6

Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1981-82	22	SAS	NBA	SF	80	1700	14.7	.515	.477	9.9	16.0	13.0	11.5	1.5	0.5	12.5	19.9	108	108	1.9	1.6	3.5	.099
1982-83	23	SAS	NBA	PF	81	2722	16.7	.579	.550	9.2	15.1	12.3	13.7	1.3	0.4	14.1	17.7	116	107	5.9	2.0	7.9	.140
1983-84	24	SAS	NBA	PF	80	2600	15.4	.606	.568	8.5	15.2	11.9	12.0	1.8	0.5	16.1	15.4	117	111	4.5	1.7	6.2	.115
1984-85	25	SAS	NBA	SF	82	2091	14.5	.642	.587	7.4	16.4	12.0	14.0	1.4	0.3	18.8	14.3	120	109	3.9	1.8	5.6	.130
1985-86	26	CHI	NBA	SF	82	2139	15.5	.559	.517	9.1	10.0	9.5	16.6	1.8	0.3	14.8	17.9	114	113	3.7	0.6	4.3	.097
1986-87	27	CHI	NBA	SF	63	1822	12.6	.580	.539	7.0	12.3	9.6	13.0	1.4	0.6	17.7	14.8	111	109	1.9	1.7	3.6	.095
Career			NBA		468	13074	15.1	.579	.539	8.6	14.2	11.4	13.5	1.6	0.4	15.4	16.6	115	110	21.9	9.4	31.2	.115

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1981-82	22	SAS	NBA	SF	9		146	30	65	.462	1	.000	4	10	.400	21	22	43	9	4	3	6	12	64
1982-83	23	SAS	NBA	PF	11		398	76	150	.507	0		23	35	.657	27	49	76	50	11	1	21	25	175
1984-85	25	SAS	NBA	SF	1	0	10	0	1	.000	0		0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	0
1985-86	26	CHI	NBA	SF	3	0	69	10	18	.556	2	.000	2	4	.500	4	6	10	5	1	0	4	10	22
1986-87	27	CHI	NBA	SF	3	3	79	13	22	.591	0		5	8	.625	3	5	8	2	0	0	2	13	31
Career			NBA		27	3	702	129	256	.504	3	.000	34	57	.596	55	82	137	67	16	4	35	63	292

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1981-82	22	SAS	NBA	SF	9		16.2	3.3	7.2	.462	0.1	.000	0.4	1.1	.400	2.3	2.4	4.8	1.0	0.4	0.3	0.7	1.3	7.1
1982-83	23	SAS	NBA	PF	11		36.2	6.9	13.6	.507	0.0		2.1	3.2	.657	2.5	4.5	6.9	4.5	1.0	0.1	1.9	2.3	15.9
1984-85	25	SAS	NBA	SF	1	0	10.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.0
1985-86	26	CHI	NBA	SF	3	0	23.0	3.3	6.0	.556	0.7	.000	0.7	1.3	.500	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.3	7.3
1986-87	27	CHI	NBA	SF	3	3	26.3	4.3	7.3	.591	0.0		1.7	2.7	.625	1.0	1.7	2.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	4.3	10.3
Career			NBA		27	3	26.0	4.8	9.5	.504	0.1	.000	1.3	2.1	.596	2.0	3.0	5.1	2.5	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.3	10.8

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1981-82	22	SAS	NBA	SF	9		146	7.4	16.0	.462	0.2	.000	1.0	2.5	.400	5.2	5.4	10.6	2.2	1.0	0.7	1.5	3.0	15.8
1982-83	23	SAS	NBA	PF	11		398	6.9	13.6	.507	0.0		2.1	3.2	.657	2.4	4.4	6.9	4.5	1.0	0.1	1.9	2.3	15.8
1984-85	25	SAS	NBA	SF	1	0	10	0.0	3.6	.000	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	0.0	0.0	7.2	10.8	0.0
1985-86	26	CHI	NBA	SF	3	0	69	5.2	9.4	.556	1.0	.000	1.0	2.1	.500	2.1	3.1	5.2	2.6	0.5	0.0	2.1	5.2	11.5
1986-87	27	CHI	NBA	SF	3	3	79	5.9	10.0	.591	0.0		2.3	3.6	.625	1.4	2.3	3.6	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.9	5.9	14.1
Career			NBA		27	3	702	6.6	13.1	.504	0.2	.000	1.7	2.9	.596	2.8	4.2	7.0	3.4	0.8	0.2	1.8	3.2	15.0

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1981-82	22	SAS	NBA	SF	9	146	15.2	.461	.462	14.4	16.5	15.4	8.9	1.3	1.1	8.0	20.3	103	109	0.1	0.1	0.2	.065
1982-83	23	SAS	NBA	PF	11	398	14.6	.529	.507	7.2	11.8	9.6	14.9	1.2	0.1	11.3	17.8	112	109	0.6	0.3	0.9	.107
1984-85	25	SAS	NBA	SF	1	10	-13.9	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.7	0.0	0.0	66.7	12.3	17	123	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.341
1985-86	26	CHI	NBA	SF	3	69	9.4	.557	.556	6.3	11.4	8.7	10.6	0.7	0.0	16.8	14.4	107	124	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.006
1986-87	27	CHI	NBA	SF	3	79	10.1	.607	.591	4.3	8.7	6.3	4.4	0.0	0.0	7.3	15.8	121	123	0.1	0.0	0.1	.058
Career			NBA		27	702	13.3	.519	.504	8.2	12.2	10.2	12.0	1.0	0.3	11.1	17.7	109	112	0.8	0.3	1.1	.076

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 6 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6
Gene Banks		7.9	6.2	5.6	4.3	3.6	3.5
Carl Landry	95.7	7.7	6.2	5.9	4.1	3.7	2.9
Warren Davis	93.6	8.1	5.8	5.7	3.4	3.4	3.2
Tom Chambers	92.9	7.4	6.1	5.9	4.8	4.3	3.3
Thurl Bailey	91.8	6.8	6.5	5.4	4.0	3.6	3.1
Mike Miller	91.8	7.4	7.0	5.3	4.5	4.0	3.9
Keith Van Horn	90.5	6.5	6.3	5.5	4.8	3.7	2.8
Grant Long	89.5	7.7	6.5	5.1	5.0	4.6	2.7
Junior Bridgeman	89.3	6.7	6.1	5.5	4.0	3.6	2.1
Charles Oakley	89.2	6.7	6.2	6.0	5.7	3.5	3.3
Truck Robinson	89.2	7.3	6.5	6.0	5.1	4.3	2.7

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Gene Banks		7.9	6.2	5.6	4.3	3.6	3.5
Carl Landry	95.7	7.7	6.2	5.9	4.1	3.7	2.9
Warren Davis	93.6	8.1	5.8	5.7	3.4	3.4	3.2
Luis Scola	89.1	8.6	6.5	6.3	5.5	4.4	3.4
Rudy Gay	88.2	6.4	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.0	3.3	0.5
Thaddeus Young	86.6	7.4	6.3	6.2	5.5	4.5	2.1
M.L. Carr	85.9	7.9	5.9	5.2	4.5	4.5	2.8	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.4
Mel Hutchins	85.7	6.9	5.8	4.4	3.9	3.8	2.8	0.3
Trooper Washington	85.4	8.3	6.9	6.3	6.0	3.4	2.2
Amir Johnson	84.9	7.3	5.6	4.5	4.0	3.0	2.7	0.5	0.2
Curtis Rowe	84.8	8.3	6.2	6.1	5.2	5.2	2.3	0.9	0.0

College

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			Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Season	Age	College	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
1977-78	18	DUKE	34		238	451			105	146		292						581	.528		.719		17.1	8.6
1978-79	19	DUKE	30		175	353			79	126		255						429	.496		.627		14.3	8.5
1979-80	20	DUKE	33	1165	212	404			146	183		254						570	.525		.798	35.3	17.3	7.7
1980-81	21	DUKE	27	933	202	350			95	134		184						499	.577		.709	34.6	18.5	6.8
Career			124	2098	827	1558			425	589		985						2079	.531		.722	35.0	16.8	7.9

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors 1977 McDonald's All American	Games 1984-85 NBA 82 (1) 1985-86 NBA 82 (2)	Field Goal Pct Career NBA .539 (24) Career .539 (25)	True Shooting Pct 1984-85 NBA .642 (3)
Effective Field Goal Pct Career NBA .539 (35) Career .539 (36)	Offensive Rating 1984-85 NBA 119.8 (10)	Hall of Fame Probability Career 0.001 (514)

Transactions

October 24, 1979: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers (as a 1981 2nd round draft pick) with a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Wayne Robinson) to the Los Angeles Lakers for Kenny Carr.

February 13, 1980: Traded by the Los Angeles Lakers (as a 1981 2nd round draft pick) with Ollie Mack and a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Sam Worthen) to the Chicago Bulls for Mark Landsberger.

September 12, 1980: Sent to the San Antonio Spurs (as a 1981 2nd round draft pick) with a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Ed Rains) as compensation for the Chicago Bulls signing Larry Kenon as a veteran free agent.

June 9, 1981: Drafted by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2nd round (28th pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.

June 18, 1985: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs to the Chicago Bulls for Steve Johnson and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Mike Brittain).

September 9, 1986: Signed as a free agent with the Chicago Bulls.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1985-86	Chicago Bulls	NBA	$225,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$225,000

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