The 6 ft 2-inch tall player was first picked by the Memphis Grizzlies with the thirteenth pick in the first round of 2003 NBA draft. In the same year, he traded to the Boston Celtics where he played for 3 seasons.
Marcus then got transferred to Minnesota Timberwolves, Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors, New Orleans Hornets during 2006 to 2010 NBA seasons. During 2012-2013, he played with a Greek club Panathinaikos Athens, where he played till 2013 May and again he joined New Orleans Hornets in the same year. Now he is playing from Champville SC (Lebanese club), before it, he plays with SLUC Nancy Basket, a French team.
Marcus has played 348 career games, in which he was given a chance to start for 37 times. He had a 16.0 minute-per-game career record with 0.432 field goal, 0.327 three point field goal Contribution. He had a good average of 0.768 free throws and had scored 5.9 points per game.
Marcus holds an American nationality and he belongs to black ethnicity.
His salary during the 2009-2010 season was about 4.55 Million Dollar, however, sources have not well mentioned about a love affair, married life, wife and net worth of the basketball player Marcus Banks.