Please answer the following question: Facts: - draft round: 2 - draft pick: 28 - highschool: west philadelphia -lrb- philadelphia , pennsylvania -rrb- - number: 20 - career end: 1993 - height in: 7 - cteam: washington wizards -lrb- asst. -rrb- - team: san catbirds -lrb- cba -rrb- maccabi rishon lezion -lrb- israel -rrb- antonio hapoel herzliya -lrb- israel -rrb- spurs chicago bulls arimo bologna la crosse - birth date: 15 may 1959 - draft team: san antonio spurs - statlabel: points assists rebounds - statvalue: 5,305 -rrb- 2,430 -lrb- 5.8 rpg -rrb- -lrb- 11.3 ppg -rrb- 1,335 -lrb- 2.9 apg - caption: banks as a wizards assistant - draft year: 1981 - bbr: banksge01 - college: duke -lrb- 1977 -- 1981 -rrb- - cyears: 2009 start -- 2011 end - stats league: nba - letter: b - name: gene banks - birth place: philadelphia , pennsylvania - weight lbs: 215 - position: shooting guard / small forward - career start: 1981 - nationality: american - years: 1981 end 1988 -- 1989 1989 -- 1990 1990 -- 1992 start 1992 -- 1993 -- 1984 end 1985 start -- 1986 - height ft: 6 - image: gene jpg banks hawks vs wizards -lrb- cropped -rrb- . Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gene banks .
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eugene lavon '' gene '' banks -lrb- born may 15 , 1959 -rrb- is a retired american professional basketball player .he is one of a handful of players to make high school all-america three times .he was named to the mcdonald 's american team in 1977 and was the very first mcdonald 's classic mvp .he also played in the prestigious dapper dan scholastic high school all-american basketball classic in pittsburgh , pennsylvania and won mvp honors of that game .he scored a career high 53 points in his senior year at west philadelphia high school and was voted the number one high school player of the year , along with albert king .