Saben Lee #9

Position:
PG
Height:
188 cm
Weight:
83 kg
Age:
25 yo (1999 June 23)
Birth place:
Missouri, United States of America
Citizenship:
American
Saben Lee projects a different role in Piraeus: 'Whatever it takes to win'

2025-03-02

Olympiacos Piraeus made a hail-mary move, acquiring Saben Lee from Manisa Basket with minutes before the Euroleague registration deadline. Lee landed in Piraeus and expressed his will to win with Olympiacos: "I’m just going to do whatever is asked from the coach. I’m definitely going to bring defensive presence, up the pace, give the ball where it needs to be," Lee started for ERT.
Olympiacos at Risk, Shameful Scene in Belgrade & Deadline’s Winners/Losers (URBONUS)

2025-02-28

URBONUS’ Donatas Urbonas, Rytis Vysniauskas, and Gytis Blazevicius react to the disgraceful political scenes in Belgrade during the Zalgiris vs. Crvena Zvezda game, analyze the key questions surrounding Saben Lee’s move to Olympiacos, break down the winners and losers of the EuroLeague signing deadline, and rank the top in-season signings of the year.
Last 10 crucial minutes: How Olympiacos landed Saben Lee at the buzzer?

2025-02-28

The EuroLeague signing deadline has never been this thrilling. In the EuroLeague, teams typically finalize their rosters well before the signing deadline, making this day more of a formality than the frenzy seen at the NBA trade deadline. But this year was different – Olympiacos turned it into a high-stakes thriller that came down to the final minutes.
Saben Lee officially moves to Olympiacos on multi-year deal

2025-02-27

Olympiacos Piraeus made a last-minute move before the last EuroLeague transfer window closed and bolstered their roster by signing guard Saben Lee. Per the club's official announcement, the deal is valid until the end of the 2026-27 season.  The 25-year-old guard has been officially registered on the Reds' EuroLeague roster minutes before the EuroLeague signing deadline.
Saben Lee to join Olympiacos

2025-02-26

Olympiacos Piraeus are making a last-minute move to bolster its roster by signing guard Saben Lee. A 25-year-old guard has been officially registered on Olympiacos' EuroLeague roster minutes before the EuroLeague signing deadline. The former NBA player joins the EuroLeague title contenders after reaching a buyout agreement with Manisa Basket.
Saben Lee officially returns to Manisa Basket

2024-11-23

Manisa Basket made a public announcement on X platform confirming the return of Saben Lee to their team. Lee started his first season in Europe with Manisa, before joining Maccabi Tel-Aviv during the season after incredible performances in the FIBA Champions League.
Saben Lee expected to exit Maccabi, Manisa move looming

2024-11-22

After an impressive EuroLeague start, Saben Lee is on his way out of Maccabi Tel Aviv. According to BasketNews sources, the 25-year-old American guard is close to returning to Manisa Basket. Lee is on the verge of signing a new contract with Manisa Basket, unless a EuroLeague club steps in with a late offer, sources tell BasketNews.
Maccabi update: Wenyen Gabriel nearing return, Saben Lee to miss team practices

2024-10-18

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv return to Israel on Friday after their double-round week in Belgrade, but once again, they'll have to manage with a depleted lineup in the domestic league vs. Gilboa Galil (on Sunday).
Saben Lee reacts to his amazing EuroLeague debut: 'To God be the Glory'

2024-10-15

Just last week, Saben Lee was dazzling crowds in the Basketball Champions League (BCL) for Manisa Basket. This week, he showed he can be incredible in the EuroLeague as well. In his very first game for Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, Lee scored 23 points and dished out 5 assists for a game-leading 26 PIR to lead the Israeli squad past Anadolu Efes Istanbul.
Saben Lee signs two-year deal with Maccabi

2024-10-13

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv has officially signed American guard Saben Lee on a two-year contract. The 25-year-old player comes from the Turkish club Manisa and will wear number 5 for Maccabi. Speaking to Maccabi’s official website, Lee expressed his excitement about joining the Israeli club.
Saben Lee commits to Maccabi, keeps 2024 free agency flexibility

2024-10-11

One of the most sought-after in-season targets, Saben Lee of Manisa Basket, has made his decision. The four-year NBA veteran is finalizing a deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv, sources confirmed to BasketNews.
Saben Lee matches BCL scoring record with 43-point performance

2024-10-09

For more than five years, Keifer Sykes held the record for the most points scored in a single Basketball Champions League (BCL) game after dropping 43 points for Sidigas Avellino against Bandirma in January 2019. On Wednesday, Manisa Basket guard Saben Lee joined Sykes at the top.

EuroLeague

MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
24/25 All Teams 19:22 51.9%
28/54
27.2%
7/26
72.7%
48/66
2
1.6/0.4
2.5 1.1 1.9 0.1 0.5 1.7 3.5 8.3 9.1 15 »
24/25 Olympiacos Piraeus 19:22 66.7%
8/12
14%
1/7
62.4%
10/16
1.9
1.4/0.4
2.4 0.9 1.6 0.1 0.1 2.1 2.3 4.1 5.6 7 »
24/25 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 19:21 47.6%
20/42
31.5%
6/19
76%
38/50
2.1
1.8/0.4
2.5 1.3 2.3 0 0.8 1.4 4.6 12 12.3 8 »

Basketball Champions League

MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
24/25 Manisa Basket 32:29 58.2%
46/79
36.6%
15/41
81.3%
61/75
2.5
1.9/0.6
5 1.9 2.9 0.1 - 1.3 - 24.8 22.3 8 »

NBA

MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
23/24 Phoenix Suns 7:42 46%
18/39
11.9%
2/16
74.2%
29/39
1.3
0.9/0.4
1.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 - 0.5 - 3 3.2 24 »
22/23 All Teams 14:56 41.8%
38/91
36.7%
11/30
73.7%
42/57
1.8
1.3/0.5
2.7 0.8 1 0 - 1.3 - 6 5.6 25 »
22/23 Phoenix Suns 15:47 39.7%
35/88
38.1%
11/29
73.8%
42/57
2
1.4/0.6
2.8 0.8 0.9 0 - 1.4 - 6.3 5.9 23 »
22/23 Philadelphia 76ers 5:03 100%
3/3
0%
0/1
- 0
0/0
1 0.5 1.5 0 - 0.5 - 3 2 2 »
21/22 Detroit Pistons 16:18 47.2%
55/117
23.5%
14/60
78.6%
56/71
2.3
1.8/0.5
2.9 1 1 0.3 - 1.2 - 5.6 6.6 37 »
20/21 Detroit Pistons 16:15 48.7%
91/187
35.4%
8/23
68.6%
61/89
2
1.6/0.4
3.6 0.7 1.2 0.3 - 1.6 - 5.6 6.5 48 »
Date Team Opponent Score MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS PF PTS EFF
118-106 31 25%
1/4
-
0/0
75%
9/12
2
0/2
8 1 7 0 4 11 5
113-131 18 83.3%
5/6
0%
0/1
100%
1/1
3
2/1
4 1 1 0 1 11 15
101-110 34 50%
2/4
14.3%
1/7
80%
4/5
5
3/2
12 1 1 0 2 11 17
115-119 19 40%
2/5
50%
1/2
100%
2/2
3
2/1
2 1 0 0 3 9 8
113-109 16 50%
1/2
0%
0/2
50%
1/2
1
1/0
3 2 1 0 1 3 3
120-134 21 100%
4/4
0%
0/3
100%
4/4
1
1/0
7 3 0 0 5 12 15
102-106 16 50%
1/2
-
0/0
-
0/0
0
0/0
4 0 0 0 1 2 4
114-103 17 25%
1/4
0%
0/1
-
0/0
3
1/2
0 0 0 0 3 2 -2
108-114 20 50%
4/8
-
0/0
100%
2/2
2
2/0
3 0 1 1 0 10 11
119-141 4 0%
0/1
-
0/0
-
0/0
0
0/0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0
119-103 3 -
0/0
-
0/0
-
0/0
0
0/0
2 0 0 0 0 0 2
111-101 6 0%
0/1
-
0/0
-
0/0
2
1/1
0 0 1 0 1 0 -1
131-133 6 -
0/0
-
0/0
100%
2/2
0
0/0
0 0 1 0 0 2 1
102-86 22 33.3%
1/3
-
0/0
-
0/0
9
8/1
4 0 3 2 0 2 12
108-135 17 33.3%
1/3
0%
0/1
-
0/0
1
1/0
3 2 1 0 1 2 3
103-87 13 0%
0/4
-
0/0
75%
3/4
2
2/0
3 0 0 0 1 3 2
133-87 21 25%
1/4
0%
0/1
83.3%
5/6
3
2/1
1 0 1 0 1 7 4
126-116 12 50%
1/2
-
0/0
-
0/0
3
2/1
2 1 0 1 3 2 5
97-92 17 0%
0/1
50%
2/4
-
0/0
2
1/1
3 1 1 1 1 6 8
118-88 15 40%
2/5
100%
2/2
100%
4/4
2
2/0
5 2 3 0 0 14 17
140-111 18 60%
3/5
-
0/0
33.3%
1/3
2
1/1
5 1 1 2 1 7 11
106-115 13 0%
0/1
-
0/0
100%
2/2
5
5/0
4 0 1 0 0 2 9
105-91 24 75%
6/8
14.3%
1/7
100%
1/1
3
3/0
3 2 0 1 1 16 16
100-90 18 0%
0/3
33.3%
1/3
-
0/0
4
4/0
0 0 2 0 3 3 -3
107-116 19 33.3%
1/3
-
0/0
100%
2/2
3
2/1
2 1 0 0 3 4 5
122-113 20 60%
3/5
0%
0/2
83.3%
5/6
1
1/0
5 3 1 0 2 11 12
104-116 27 62.5%
5/8
40%
2/5
100%
1/1
6
5/1
6 3 3 1 0 17 24
109-93 8 100%
1/1
0%
0/1
-
0/0
3
2/1
2 0 0 0 0 2 6
103-114 20 33.3%
1/3
33.3%
2/6
50%
1/2
3
3/0
3 2 1 1 2 9 8
107-96 20 66.7%
2/3
0%
0/1
100%
2/2
3
3/0
2 1 2 1 1 6 8
114-93 29 37.5%
3/8
28.6%
2/7
0%
0/2
5
4/1
5 4 0 0 1 12 13
92-100 7 -
0/0
-
0/0
-
0/0
1
1/0
0 0 1 0 1 0 -1
107-129 8 100%
1/1
0%
0/1
100%
2/2
0
0/0
1 0 0 0 0 4 4
89-117 4 100%
1/1
0%
0/1
50%
1/2
0
0/0
0 1 0 0 0 3 2
117-91 5 -
0/0
0%
0/1
50%
1/2
1
1/0
3 0 1 0 0 1 2
122-104 7 0%
0/1
0%
0/1
-
0/0
1
1/0
0 0 0 0 1 0 -2
97-82 9 33.3%
1/3
-
0/0
-
0/0
1
1/0
0 1 1 0 0 2 1

EuroLeague

MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
Totals 19:00 51.9%
28/54
26.9%
7/26
72.7%
48/66
2
1.6/0.4
2.5 1.1 1.9 0.1 0.5 1.7 3.5 8.3 9.1 15 »
Olympiacos Piraeus 19:00 66.7%
8/12
14.3%
1/7
62.5%
10/16
1.9
1.4/0.4
2.4 0.9 1.6 0.1 0.1 2.1 2.3 4.1 5.6 7 »
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 19:00 47.6%
20/42
31.6%
6/19
76%
38/50
2.1
1.8/0.4
2.5 1.3 2.3 0 0.8 1.4 4.6 12 12.3 8 »
Home game 17:06 51.7%
15/29
38.5%
5/13
69.2%
27/39
1.8
1.3/0.4
2.1 0.7 1.9 0 0.2 1.8 2.9 8 7.8 9 »
Away game 21:50 52%
13/25
15.4%
2/13
77.8%
21/27
2.3
2/0.3
3 1.7 2 0.2 0.8 1.7 4.5 8.8 11.2 6 »
Wins 18:00 52.6%
10/19
55.6%
5/9
76%
19/25
1.8
1.3/0.5
2.2 0.8 2.3 0 0 1.7 3 9 9.7 6 »
Losses 19:40 51.4%
18/35
11.8%
2/17
70.7%
29/41
2.1
1.8/0.3
2.7 1.2 1.7 0.1 0.8 1.8 3.9 7.9 8.8 9 »
Last 5 games 22:00 66.7%
8/12
0%
0/6
58.3%
7/12
2.2
1.6/0.6
3 0.8 1.2 0.2 0.2 2.8 2.6 4.6 6.2 5 »
October 22:36 51.7%
15/29
41.7%
5/12
76.2%
32/42
2.2
2/0.2
3.4 1.4 2.6 0 0.6 1.4 5.8 15.4 17.4 5 »
November 13:00 38.5%
5/13
14.3%
1/7
75%
6/8
2
1.3/0.7
1 1 1.7 0 1 1.3 2.7 6.3 3.7 3 »
March 17:48 66.7%
6/9
20%
1/5
66.7%
8/12
1.6
1.4/0.2
2.4 0.8 1.8 0.2 0.2 1.8 2.4 4.6 6 5 »
April 22:00 66.7%
2/3
0%
0/2
50%
2/4
2.5
1.5/1
2.5 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 4.5 2 »
Versus LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 23:00 100%
2/2
0%
0/2
- 3
3/0
4 1 2 1 0 3 3 4 9 1 »
Versus Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens 16:00 33.3%
2/6
66.7%
2/3
75%
6/8
1
0.5/0.5
0 1.5 2 0 0.5 1 3 8 6.5 2 »
Versus Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 23:00 50%
3/6
0%
0/1
70%
7/10
2
2/0
5 3 3 0 2 1 6 13 16 1 »
Versus Anadolu Efes Istanbul 22:00 75%
6/8
100%
2/2
71.4%
5/7
1
1/0
5 1 2 0 0 2 4 23 26 1 »
Versus ALBA Berlin 29:00 50%
1/2
0%
0/2
100%
2/2
3
2/1
5 2 1 0 0 2 3 4 11 1 »
Versus Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade 27:00 60%
3/5
0%
0/1
50%
1/2
2
2/0
6 1 1 0 1 4 3 7 9 1 »
Versus Virtus Segafredo Bologna 11:00 25%
1/4
0%
0/2
75%
3/4
2
2/0
2 1 3 0 2 0 4 5 3 1 »
Versus Zalgiris Kaunas 28:00 80%
4/5
25%
1/4
85.7%
6/7
2
2/0
2 2 3 0 0 2 8 17 21 1 »
Versus AS Monaco 16:00 50%
1/2
0%
0/1
66.7%
4/6
1
0/1
0 0 1 0 0 1 3 6 4 1 »
Versus Olympiacos Piraeus 11:00 66.7%
2/3
0%
0/3
- 2
1/1
1 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 1 »
Versus Real Madrid 19:00 25%
2/8
50%
2/4
90%
9/10
3
2/1
1 0 5 0 0 1 7 19 15 1 »
Versus Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade 14:30 0%
0/2
0%
0/1
62.5%
5/8
2.5
2.5/0
3 0.5 0.5 0 0.5 1 2 2.5 5.5 2 »
Versus Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 15:00 100%
1/1
- 0%
0/2
2
1/1
0 0 1 0 0 4 1 2 -2 1 »

Basketball Champions League

MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
Manisa Basket 32:00 58.2%
46/79
36.6%
15/41
81.3%
61/75
2.5
1.9/0.6
5 1.9 2.9 0.1 - 1.3 - 24.8 22.3 8 »
Regular season 31:40 60%
36/60
39.3%
11/28
83.3%
45/54
2.7
2.2/0.5
5.2 1.8 2.7 0.2 - 1 - 25 23.8 6 »
Playoffs 33:00 52.6%
10/19
30.8%
4/13
76.2%
16/21
2
1/1
4.5 2 3.5 0 - 2 - 24 17.5 2 »
Home game 28:45 52.8%
19/36
35%
7/20
72.2%
13/18
1
1/0
5.5 2 3 0.3 - 0.8 - 18 15 4 »
Away game 35:15 62.8%
27/43
38.1%
8/21
84.2%
48/57
4
2.8/1.3
4.5 1.8 2.8 0 - 1.8 - 31.5 29.5 4 »
Wins 34:00 65.5%
36/55
42.9%
12/28
81%
47/58
3
2.2/0.8
5.6 2.2 3.6 0.2 - 1.4 - 31 29.2 5 »
Losses 28:40 41.7%
10/24
23.1%
3/13
82.4%
14/17
1.7
1.3/0.3
4 1.3 1.7 0 - 1 - 14.3 10.7 3 »
Last 5 games 30:48 57.8%
26/45
34.5%
10/29
74.4%
29/39
1.6
1/0.6
6 1.8 2.6 0.2 - 1.2 - 22.2 19.6 5 »
October 37:30 66.7%
18/27
62.5%
5/8
87.5%
28/32
5
4/1
5 2.5 4 0 - 1.5 - 39.5 40 2 »
December 28:00 62.5%
10/16
27.3%
3/11
77.8%
7/9
1.5
1.5/0
4.5 1.5 2.5 0.5 - 0.5 - 18 15.5 2 »
January 32:00 56%
14/25
29.4%
5/17
75%
24/32
2
1/1
4.3 1.7 2.7 0 - 2 - 22.3 17.3 3 »
February 29:00 36.4%
4/11
40%
2/5
100%
2/2
1
1/0
8 2 2 0 - 0 - 16 15 1 »
Versus Unicaja Malaga 30:00 66.7%
4/6
25%
1/4
72.7%
8/11
2
1/1
4 1 1 0 - 2 - 19 17 1 »
Versus Niners Chemnitz 33:00 52.6%
10/19
30.8%
4/13
76.2%
16/21
2
1/1
4.5 2 3.5 0 - 2 - 24 17.5 2 »
Versus FMP SoccerBet 32:00 69.2%
18/26
54.5%
6/11
73.9%
17/23
2.5
2/0.5
6 2.5 1.5 0.5 - 1 - 35.5 36 2 »
Versus Galatasaray 29:00 36.4%
4/11
40%
2/5
100%
2/2
1
1/0
8 2 2 0 - 0 - 16 15 1 »
Versus UCAM Murcia 33:30 58.8%
10/17
25%
2/8
100%
18/18
4
3.5/0.5
3.5 1.5 5 0 - 1 - 22 19.5 2 »
Height:
188 cm
Weight:
83 kg
Age:
25 yo (1999-06-23)
Birth place:
Missouri, United States of America
Citizenship:
American
Height:
-
Weight:
-
Age:
-
Birth place:
-
Citizenship:
-