My Take
Desmond Bane is one of those guys who makes you rethink what "late first-round pick" even means — going 30th overall out of TCU in 2020 felt like a quiet selection at the time, but Memphis Grizzlies fans know exactly how loud that turned out to be. He developed into one of the most reliable shooters in the league, pairing a picture-perfect stroke with genuine playmaking chops that made the young Grizzlies core genuinely dangerous. What I love about Bane is that he never had the hype machine behind him, yet he earned every inch of his reputation through consistency and a calm, almost old-school professionalism that belies how young he still is.
Overview
Desmond Michael Bane (born June 25, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the TCU Horned Frogs. A shooting guard, Bane was selected in the first round of the 2020 NBA draft with the 30th overall pick by the Boston Celtics, but was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in November 2020 before the start of his r…
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Desmond Bane
- Name (Japanese)
- デズモンド・ベイン
- Reading
- でずもんど・べいん
- Born
- June 25, 1998 (age 27)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Tiger
- Origin
- Richmond, Indiana, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 198 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Texas Christian University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.