Charles Gaines (basketball)

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Charles W. Gaines
Free agent
Position
Houston, Texas
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High schoolKlein Forest (Houston, Texas)
College
Anhui Dragons
Career highlights and awards

Charles Wayne Gaines (born October 15, 1981) is an American professional basketball player who last played for 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).

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

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

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

All-American Professional Basketball League
.

Gaines moved to

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

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

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

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

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

Season Team League GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2004–05 Michigan Mayhem CBA (USA) 44 30 37.1 .579 .250 .681 11.4 0.7 1.2 0.5 18.3
Viola Reggio Calabria LBA 9 4 28.3 .521 .500 .682 8.8 0.2 1.4 1.3 14.4
2005–06 ASVEL
Pro A
 33 30 28.6 .551 .000 .596 8.1 1.1 0.9 0.7 13.6
2006–07 Joventut Badalona Liga ACB 34 30 25.8 .560 .000 .690 7.8 0.7 1.5 0.7 11.1
2007–08 Galatasaray
TBL
 28 25.7 .544 .000 .667 8.1 0.9 0.9 0.3 12.9
2008–09
Austin Toros
 D-League 23 21 36.4 .529 .000 .696 10.4 0.7 1.0 0.7 15.1
Maccabi Tel Aviv BSL 9 4 18.8 .696 .000 .625 5.0 0.3 1.0 1.4 8.8
2009–10 Xinjiang Flying Tigers CBA 32 39.4 .639 .200 .728 10.8 1.4 2.1 1.0 30.6
2010–11 Qingdao Eagles CBA 32 37.4 .614 .000 .664 13.5 1.9 2.5 0.8 33.7
2011–12
Shanxi Brave Dragons
 CBA 32 34.9 .641 .000 .632 13.1 1.3 1.8 0.8 29.3
2012–13 CBA 32 17 38.8 .663 .000 .653 15.2 1.6 2.1 0.7 31.5
2013–14 CBA 33 5 36.1 .577 .000 .690 14.1 1.5 1.1 0.5 24.5
2014–15 Zhejiang Golden Bulls CBA 22 22 39.3 .614 .000 .652 16.5 2.3 1.0 0.6 27.2
2015–16 CBA 37 28.6 .586 .000 .713 11.6 1.0 0.6 0.4 19.1

Playoffs

Season Team League GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006 ASVEL
Pro A
 2 2 27.5 .400 .000 1.000 9.5 0.5 2.0 0.5 9.0
2007 Joventut Badalona Liga ACB 5 3 17.0 .471 .000 .364 3.8 0.2 1.0 0.0 4.0
2008 Galatasaray
TBL
 3 24.3 .692 .000 .688 7.7 0.7 0.7 1.0 15.7
2009 Xinjiang Flying Tigers CBA 10 37.3 .648 .000 .692 10.4 1.3 2.0 1.5 29.5
2010 CBA 11 40.2 .608 .000 .696 10.3 1.8 2.6 0.4 29.9
2012
Shanxi Brave Dragons
 CBA 9 35.9 .557 .000 .716 18.0 1.0 0.6 1.0 28.6
2016 Zhejiang Golden Bulls CBA 3 30.0 .526 .000 .632 12.0 2.0 2.0 1.3 24.0

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2006–07 Joventut Badalona 20 16 24.9 .514 .000 .659 6.3 0.5 1.3 0.4 10.3 12.3
2008–09 Maccabi Tel Aviv 5 4 24.3 .583 .000 .667 6.4 0.6 1.2 0.2 8.0 12.0
Career 25 20 24.6 .549 .000 .663 6.4 0.6 1.3 0.3 9.2 12.2

ULEB Cup

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2005–06 ASVEL 14 13 26.7 .536 .000 .649 8.1 0.6 1.3 0.7 12.0 15.1
2007–08 Galatasaray 17 13 27.5 .587 .000 .492 7.3 0.8 1.1 0.4 12.4 14.9
Career 31 26 27.1 .562 .000 .571 7.7 0.7 1.2 0.6 12.2 15.0

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1999–00 Southwest Missouri State 32 0 9.9 .471 .000 .733 2.1 0.1 0.2 0.7 3.0
2000–01 Southwest Missouri State 29 21 25.3 .468 .000 .732 6.2 0.6 0.4 1.1 8.3
2001–02 Southern Miss Did not play – transfer
2002–03 Southern Miss 29 29 29.7 .514 .000 .662 9.6 0.6 0.9 1.1 15.1
2003–04 Southern Miss 28 28 31.4 .495 .250 .727 10.4 0.8 1.2 1.3 15.7
Career 118 78 24.1 .493 .167 .702 6.9 0.5 0.7 1.0 10.3

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