Sean Banks of Los Angeles D-Fenders Named D-League Performer of the Week

Sean Banks of Los Angeles D-Fenders Named D-League Performer of the Week

NEW YORK, NY – Sean Banks of the Los Angeles D-Fenders was named D-League.com Performer of the Week for games played during the week of March 31. Banks averaged 32.0 points and 6.5 rebounds in two games for Los Angeles.

Banks’ best performance of the week came on Saturday when he scored 38 points and pulled down eight rebounds against the Arsenal in Anaheim. In his first game of the week, a win at home on Wednesday over the Idaho Stampede, Banks scored a team-high 26 points.

On Sunday, the forward from the University of Memphis was named First Team All-NBA Development League. Currently in his second season in Los Angeles, Banks ranks third among D-League players with 22.4 points per game and previously earned Performer of the Week honors for the Week of Feb. 2.

Other top performers in the D-League last week included Anaheim’s Marcus Campbell, who averaged 18.5 points and 18.5 rebounds in two games; Mo Charlo, who averaged 23.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in two games for Anaheim; Tulsa’s Mike Hall, who averaged 26.7 points, 9.0 rebounds and 6.3 assists in three games; Fort Wayne’s Dahntay Jones, who averaged 29.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists in two games; Utah’s Kevin Kruger, who averaged 23.0 points and 7.5 assists in two games; and Randy Livingston, who averaged 19.0 points, 8.7 assists and 7.5 rebounds in three games.

The NBA Development League is the NBA's official minor league, and the first-ever basketball league with direct affiliations to NBA teams. Now in its seventh season the D-League's goals are to provide affordable, NBA-caliber entertainment to fans of its 16 teams, as well as continue to develop players, coaches, referees and front-office personnel for the NBA. As the single source for in-season player "call-ups" to the NBA, fans of the D-League enjoy the highest caliber of basketball played outside the NBA. In fact, former D-League players represented 10 percent of NBA players on 2007-08 opening day rosters, numbering 44 in total. In addition, the D-League has produced 25 percent of current NBA referees and 17 current NBA coaches, including head coach Sam Vincent with the Charlotte Bobcats. The D-League is an innovative and rapidly growing sports property that also serves as an experimental testing ground for new initiatives like NBA Futurecast, which is the live web-streaming of all games available free to fans at d-league.com. The League also provides continuing education and professional development resources for its players, and is committed to serving its local communities through D-LEAGUE CARES and grassroots efforts.