Charles Gaines (basketball)

Last updated
Charles W. Gaines
Free agent
Position Forward / center
Personal information
Born (1981-10-15) October 15, 1981 (age 42)
Houston, Texas
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school Klein Forest (Houston, Texas)
College
NBA draft 2004: undrafted
Playing career2004–present
Career history
2004–2005 Michigan Mayhem
2005 Viola Reggio Calabria
2005–2006 ASVEL
2006–2007 Joventut Badalona
2007–2008 Galatasaray
2008–2009 Austin Toros
2009 Maccabi Tel Aviv
20092010 Xinjiang Flying Tigers
2010–2011 Qingdao Eagles
20112014 Shanxi Brave Dragons
20142016 Zhejiang Golden Bulls
2017 Shaanxi Wolves
2018 Anhui Dragons
Career highlights and awards

Charles Wayne Gaines (born October 15, 1981) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Anhui Dragons of the Chinese National Basketball League. He played high school basketball in his native city of Houston, and he spent two years at Southwest Missouri State in the MVC before transferring to Southern Miss, where he played his two remaining years of college basketball eligibility. After going undrafted in the 2004 NBA draft, he started his professional career in the Continental Basketball Association with the Michigan Mayhem, leading the league in rebounding. After several years in Europe (Italy, France, Spain and Turkey), one year in the NBA D-League and one in Israel, Gaines moved to the Chinese Basketball Association. While in China he earned an All-Star selection, was the 2011 scoring champion, and he twice led the league in rebounding (2014 and 2015).

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High school career

Gaines was born in Houston, Texas and attended Klein Forest High School, where he was a member of the varsity basketball team. He showed significant improvement during his final two seasons at Klein Forest: during his junior season, he tied the school record for points scored in a single game with 38. [1] As a senior he stood at 6-foot-7 and weighed 200 pounds: he averaged 20.6 points, 8.7 rebounds [1] and 3 blocks [2] per game, contributing to the team's 20–12 record. He was also named district 5A MVP in his senior year. [1]

College career

Southwest Missouri State

Gaines signed to play for Southwest Missouri State, the first recruit brought to the program by newly appointed coach Barry Hinson. [1] He could play multiple positions, and was projected to be mainly used as a forward, [2] though he could also cover the shooting guard spot. [1] During his freshman season Gaines played 32 games. On December 11, 1999 he scored 11 points against Texas Christian; he then recorded a then career-best 12 points on January 12, 2000 playing against Wichita State, while his season best in rebounding came on December 29 when he recorded 9 against Creighton. [3] [4] He ended the season with averages of 3 points, 2.1 rebounds, 0.1 assists and 0.7 blocks, having played all of his 32 games coming off the bench. [3]

Gaines' sophomore year started with a new career-best 16-point performance against New Orleans on November 18, 2000. During the following game against North Texas, Gaines recorded 15 rebounds, a new career high. [5] Throughout the season, Gaines was the team's top rebounder in 10 of the 29 games he played (21 starts), and in 4 occasions he was the team's top scorer. [5] He led the team in blocks with 1.1 per game, and was also the second best rebounder behind Mike Wallace, with an average of 6.2 per game. [5] His sophomore season averages were 8.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 0.6 assists and 1.1 blocks.

Southern Miss

After his second season at Southwest Missouri State, Gaines decided to transfer to another program. He made contact with Luster Goodwin, the assistant coach of Southern Miss, and decided to move to Southern Miss: as a result, he had to sit out a year as per NCAA transfer rules. [6] During the season he sat out he trained with the team, working on his conditioning. [6]

He was cleared to play for the 2002–03 season, and he was selected as a starter. In his first year at Southern Miss he recorded 278 total rebounds, which ranked 6th best in Southern Miss history for rebounds in a season. [7] On November 22, 2002 against Alcorn State Gaines scored 33 points, and on November 25, 2002 against Jackson State he scored 34 points, a new career high and one of the top scoring games in Southern Miss history. [8] He ended the season with 29 appearances as a starter and was the team's top scorer, with an average of 15.1 points per game, and the best rebounder with 9.6 per game; [9] his performance earned him a selection in the All-Conference USA third team. [10]

Gaines' senior season saw him record career-best numbers in all the major statistical categories. In 28 appearances he played 31.4 minutes per game, averaging 15.7 points, 10.4 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.3 blocks per game: he led his team in both scoring and rebounding. [9] On December 17, 2003 he scored 36 points against Georgia Southern, one of the best single-game scores in Southern Miss history. [8] For the second year in a row he was an all-conference selection, this time making the All-Conference USA second team. [10]

Professional career

CBA and Europe

After the end of his senior season, Gaines was automatically eligible for the 2004 NBA draft, during which he went undrafted. He was selected with the 4th pick in the 8th round of the 2004 National Basketball Development League draft by the Huntsville Flight (46th overall), but instead of signing with the team Gaines decided to join the Michigan Mayhem, which played in the Continental Basketball Association: in the 2004–05 season he played 44 games (30 starts) and averaged 18.3 points, 11.4 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.5 blocks per game. [11] He was named a CBA All-Star [12] and was the league's rebounding leader. He then moved to Italy, and joined Serie A side Viola Reggio Calabria, playing 9 games and averaging 14.4 points and 8.8 rebounds in 28.3 minutes per game. In 2005 he also played for the Minot Minutemen of the All-American Professional Basketball League.

Gaines moved to France for the 2005 06 season, signing for ASVEL. He played 33 LNB Pro A games (30 starts), averaging 13.6 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 28.6 minutes per game. He also played 14 games in the 2005–06 ULEB Cup, averaging 12 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. [13]

In 2006 he played in the Orlando Summer League for the Indiana Pacers, appearing in 5 games and averaging 4.2 points and 1.8 rebounds in 11.2 minutes per game. He then moved to Spain, joining Joventut Badalona and played 34 games (30 starts), averaging 11.1 points, 7.8 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 25.7 minutes per game. He won ACB Player of the Month Award in March 2007 and finished the 2006–07 ACB season as the 5th best rebounder with an average of 7.8 per game. He also made his debut in the Euroleague, and played 20 games during the 2006–07 Euroleague averaging 10.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.

In the summer of 2007 he was called up by the Orlando Magic to play in the Orlando Summer League: in 3 games played he posted averages of 6.3 points 3.3 rebounds per game. Later that year he signed for Galatasaray in the Turkish Basketball League. He played 28 games that season, averaging 12.9 points, 8.1 rebounds and 0.9 assists playing 25.7 minutes per game. He also appeared in the 2007–08 ULEB Cup, playing 17 games with averages of 12.4 points and 7.3 rebounds. [13]

D-League and Israel

On October 1, 2008 Gaines was signed by the San Antonio Spurs. [14] He did not make the final roster and was sent to the Austin Toros, the Spurs' D League team. He played 23 games (21 starts) for the Toros, averaging 15.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 1 steal and 0.7 blocks in 36.4 minutes per game.

In 2009 he joined Maccabi Tel Aviv, and played 9 games in the Israeli league (4 starts), averaging 8.8 points and 5 rebounds per game in 18.8 minutes of playing time. He also appeared in the 2008–09 Euroleague, during which he played 5 games averaging 8 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. [13] In the summer of 2009 he joined the Houston Rockets for the Las Vegas Summer League, and averaged 2 points and 1.7 rebounds in 4.6 minutes per game.

Chinese Basketball Association

Gaines signed for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in 2009 and played 10 games in the playoffs of the 2008–09 Chinese Basketball Association season, averaging 29.5 points and 10.4 rebounds in 37.3 minutes per game. He stayed with the team for the 2009–10 season and posted averages of 30.4 points and 10.7 rebounds in 39.4 minutes per game over 43 appearances. On February 26, 2010 Gaines recorded a career-high 47 points against the Qingdao Eagles. [15] He ranked second in scoring with 30.4 points per game behind Andre Emmett for the 2009–10 season and was a first-team All-CBA selection. [16]

In 2010 Gaines signed for the Qingdao Eagles for the 2010–11 CBA season. On December 15, 2010 Gaines scored 43 points (along with 16 rebounds) against the Beijing Ducks. [17] At the end of the season he recorded averages of 33.2 points, 13.1 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game in 32 appearances: he was the league's top scorer, the 5th best rebounder and was again named in the All-CBA First Team. [18]

In 2011 he moved to the Shanxi Brave Dragons to play the 2011–12 season. He earned his first and only All-Star selection in 2012, and played for the Northern All-Stars team. [19] During the All-Star game he posted a game-high 10 rebounds along with 24 points. [20] on February 28, 2012 Gaines had a 20–20 game, scoring 29 points and recording 23 rebounds against the Shanghai Sharks. [21] He finished the season averaging 29.1 points (4th in the league) and 14.3 rebounds (3rd in the league), and was named Foreign Player of the Week 3 times (weeks 3, 8 and 11).

On January 2, 2013 in a game against the Zhejiang Golden Bulls, Gaines scored 60 points and posted 29 rebounds, both career-highs. In the same game Quincy Douby scored a CBA record 75 points. [22] In the 2012–13 season he was named 3 times Foreign Player of the Week (weeks 1, 4 and 5), and made the All-CBA second team with averages of 31.5 points, 15.2 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game. [23] In the 2013–14 season he was named Foreign Player of the Week on Week 2 and was the league rebounding leader with 14.1 rebounds per game. [24] He repeated this feat in the following season, during which he averaged 16.4 rebounds per game playing for the Zhejiang Golden Bulls. [25] In the 2015–16 season he was the 8th best rebounder in the league with an 11.7 per game average. [26]

National Basketball League

In 2017 Gaines signed for the Shaanxi Wolves in the National Basketball League, the second level of Chinese basketball, and won the league title, scoring 31 points and grabbing 14 rebounds in the decisive 5th game of the championship series against Anhui. [27] In the following season he signed for the Anhui Dragons, averaging 33.8 points per game (6th best in the league), 17.5 rebounds (3rd best) and 2.4 steals (4th best). [28]

Career statistics

Domestic leagues

SeasonTeamLeagueGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2004–05 Michigan Mayhem CBA (USA) 443037.1.579.250.68111.40.71.20.518.3
Viola Reggio Calabria LBA 9428.3.521.500.6828.80.21.41.314.4
2005–06 ASVEL Pro A 333028.6.551.000.5968.11.10.90.713.6
2006–07 Joventut Badalona Liga ACB 343025.8.560.000.6907.80.71.50.711.1
2007–08 Galatasaray TBL 2825.7.544.000.6678.10.90.90.312.9
2008–09 Austin Toros D-League 232136.4.529.000.69610.40.71.00.715.1
Maccabi Tel Aviv BSL 9418.8.696.000.6255.00.31.01.48.8
2009–10 Xinjiang Flying Tigers CBA 3239.4.639.200.72810.81.42.11.030.6
2010–11 Qingdao Eagles CBA3237.4.614.000.66413.51.92.50.833.7
2011–12 Shanxi Brave Dragons CBA3234.9.641.000.63213.11.31.80.829.3
2012–13 CBA321738.8.663.000.65315.21.62.10.731.5
2013–14 CBA33536.1.577.000.69014.11.51.10.524.5
2014–15 Zhejiang Golden Bulls CBA222239.3.614.000.65216.52.31.00.627.2
2015–16 CBA3728.6.586.000.71311.61.00.60.419.1

Playoffs

SeasonTeamLeagueGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2006 ASVEL Pro A 2227.5.400.0001.0009.50.52.00.59.0
2007 Joventut Badalona Liga ACB 5317.0.471.000.3643.80.21.00.04.0
2008 Galatasaray TBL 324.3.692.000.6887.70.70.71.015.7
2009 Xinjiang Flying Tigers CBA 1037.3.648.000.69210.41.32.01.529.5
2010 CBA1140.2.608.000.69610.31.82.60.429.9
2012 Shanxi Brave Dragons CBA935.9.557.000.71618.01.00.61.028.6
2016 Zhejiang Golden Bulls CBA330.0.526.000.63212.02.02.01.324.0

Euroleague

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPGPIR
2006–07 Joventut Badalona 201624.9.514.000.6596.30.51.30.410.312.3
2008–09 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5424.3.583.000.6676.40.61.20.28.012.0
Career252024.6.549.000.6636.40.61.30.39.212.2

ULEB Cup

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPGPIR
2005–06 ASVEL 141326.7.536.000.6498.10.61.30.712.015.1
2007–08 Galatasaray 171327.5.587.000.4927.30.81.10.412.414.9
Career312627.1.562.000.5717.70.71.20.612.215.0

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1999–00 Southwest Missouri State 3209.9.471.000.7332.10.10.20.73.0
2000–01 Southwest Missouri State 292125.3.468.000.7326.20.60.41.18.3
2001–02 Southern Miss Did not play – transfer
2002–03 Southern Miss 292929.7.514.000.6629.60.60.91.115.1
2003–04 Southern Miss 282831.4.495.250.72710.40.81.21.315.7
Career1187824.1.493.167.7026.90.50.71.010.3

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