Saben Anthonia Lee (born June 23, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Raptors 905 of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Vanderbilt Commodores.
![]() Lee with Vanderbilt in 2020 | |
No. 9 – Raptors 905 | |
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Position | Point guard |
League | NBA G League |
Personal information | |
Born | (1999-06-23) June 23, 1999 (age 23) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Listed weight | 183 lb (83 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Corona del Sol (Tempe, Arizona) |
College | Vanderbilt (2017–2020) |
NBA draft | 2020 / Round: 2 / Pick: 38th overall |
Selected by the Utah Jazz | |
Playing career | 2020–present |
Career history | |
2020–2022 | Detroit Pistons |
2021–2022 | →Motor City Cruise |
2022–present | Raptors 905 |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Lee grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and attended Corona del Sol High School in Tempe, Arizona. He played on the freshman team and was a backup on the varsity team as a sophomore. As a junior, Lee was named first-team All-State after averaging 18 points, five rebounds, and three assists per game.[1] Lee committed to play college basketball at Vanderbilt after his junior year over offers from Louisville, Stanford, Florida State, and Nebraska.[2][3] He was again named first team All-State as a senior and scored 39 points against Cesar Chavez High School in the state semifinal to lead the Aztecs to the state title game before falling to Basha High School.[4][5]
Lee served as the Commodores starting point guard as a true freshman and averaged 10.6 points, 3.1 assists and a team-leading 1.2 steals per game.[6] As a sophomore, Lee averaged 12.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.0 steals per game.[7][8][9] As a junior, he averaged 18.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.5 steals per game and was named second team All-SEC by the Associated Press.[10][11] He scored a career high 38 points on March 3, 2020 in an 87–79 win over Alabama.[12] Following the end of the season, Lee declared for the 2020 NBA draft.[13] On May 1, he announced he was signing with an agent and forgoing his last season of eligibility.[14]
Lee was selected 38th overall by the Utah Jazz in the 2020 NBA draft, then subsequently traded to the Detroit Pistons on November 22, 2020.[15][16] On December 1, 2020, the Detroit Pistons signed him to a two-way contract with their NBA G League affiliate the Motor City Cruise.[17][18] On November 1, 2021 Lee was assigned to the Motor City Cruise of the NBA G League.[19]
On September 26, 2022, Lee was traded with Kelly Olynyk to the Utah Jazz for Bojan Bogdanović.[20] On October 9, 2022, he was waived.[21] He then joined Raptors 905 of the G League.
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2020–21 | Detroit | 48 | 7 | 16.3 | .471 | .348 | .685 | 2.0 | 3.6 | .7 | .3 | 5.6 |
2021–22 | Detroit | 37 | 0 | 16.3 | .390 | .233 | .789 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 1.0 | .3 | 5.6 |
Career | 85 | 7 | 16.3 | .434 | .265 | .731 | 2.2 | 3.3 | .8 | .3 | 5.6 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2017–18 | Vanderbilt | 32 | 29 | 26.8 | .462 | .307 | .726 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 1.2 | .2 | 10.6 |
2018–19 | Vanderbilt | 32 | 32 | 32.6 | .460 | .362 | .675 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 1.0 | .2 | 12.7 |
2019–20 | Vanderbilt | 32 | 17 | 32.9 | .483 | .322 | .752 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 1.5 | .3 | 18.6 |
Career | 96 | 78 | 30.7 | .471 | .328 | .718 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 1.3 | .2 | 13.9 |
Raptors 905 current roster | |
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