When Marcus Banks showed up in Toronto with Shawn Marion as part of the Jermaine O’Neal trade most fans grudgingly accepted this as part of their punishment for escaping O’Neal’s enormous contract.
It wasn’t that they had seen Banks play and held that against him; it was more that they hadn’t seen him play and virtually no one had anything good to say about him. But to be fair, over the past three seasons, almost no one has seen him play!
Now in his seventh season, “Marcus” Arthur L. Banks III has passed through six different NBA teams, three teams in the past two seasons. Banks' biggest contribution to his team recently has been as needed salary to complete the trades of Marion to Miami for Shaquille O’Neal and the Marion to Toronto for Jerm ...
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Toronto Raptors: Marcus Banks, It Wasn’t Always Like This
Posted: 12th September 2009 by Stephen Brotherston in NBAComments Off on Toronto Raptors: Marcus Banks, It Wasn’t Always Like This