Meet former NBA player and Duke University Hall of Famer Gene Banks. Gene will be on hand Sunday May 31, 2009 between 9:00 am and 2:00 pm at Upper Oakville Shopping Centre.

Organizer Ken Stockstill could think of no better role model than Gene Banks to attend our 2nd annual  3 on 3 charity basketball tournament in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton.

Eugene Lavon "Gene" Banks (born May 15, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American former professional basketball player. He is one of a handful of players to make high school All-America three times.  

 A 6’7" forward, Banks starred at Duke University, where he received the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Rookie of the Year award in 1978. He also received team MVP honors three times. He went on to play six seasons in the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs and the Chicago Bulls. He averaged 11.3 points per game spanning over 468 games in his professional NBA career.  

 In the 1988-1989 season he played in Italy for Arimo Bologna. In the 1991 and 1992 seasons, he played for the Maccabi Rishon LeZion club, in 1993 at the Bne Herzelia club, and in 1994 for the Hapoel Gvat club, all clubs in Israel.   Banks was inducted into the Duke Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994. During the late 1990s, Banks served as women’s basketball coach at Bluefield State College.  

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