Cedrick Banks is an American professional basketball

Basketball

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 player. A 6'3" guard, he currently plays for Entente Orléanaise in France

France

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High school and college

Banks starred at Westinghouse High School in Chicago

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. He was named Chicago Sun Times Player of the Year as a senior in 2000, ahead of other area standouts such as Dwyane Wade

Dwyane Wade

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 of Richards High School

Harold L. Richards High School

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 and Eddy Curry

Eddy Curry

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 of Thornwood High School

Thornwood High School

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. Banks led Westinghouse to the 2000 state championship game, where he scored 22 points, but his team lost to West Aurora High School

West Aurora High School

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After graduating high school, Banks went on to play for the University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Illinois at Chicago

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. He redshirted

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 his first season because of academic problems, then led his team in scoring (13.6 points) in 2001–02. Over the next three seasons, Banks earned three All-Horizon League

Horizon League

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 First Team nods and was a five-time Horizon League Player of the Week. As a senior, he broke UIC's career scoring record, ending his collegiate career with 2,097 points. His point guard

Point guard

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 at Westinghouse and UIC was Martell Bailey

Martell Bailey

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Professional career

Banks began his professional career in May 2005 with the Nebraska Cranes

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 of the United States Basketball League

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. After averaging 17.1 points per game and winning All-Rookie Team honors, he signed with Besançon BCD

Besançon BCD

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 of the French Pro-B Division, and was named MVP of that league in 2006. He then played summer league basketball with the Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls

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, but did not make the regular season team.

From 2006 to 2007, Banks was a member of SLUC Nancy

SLUC Nancy

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 of France's Pro-A division. He represented the team at the 2006 French League All-Star Game, where he scored 12 points for the foreign players' team. Banks then signed with Maccabi Rishon LeZion

Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball)

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 of Israel. During the 2007–2008 season in the Israeli league, Banks averaged 14 points per game, and posted a season high of 36 against Hapoel Holon

Hapoel Holon

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Banks signed with Entente Orléanaise in 2008. In 2010, he joined CSP Limoges. In July 2011 he returned to Entente Orléanaise for yet another season.