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A bad first day for Morrison, I guess.
Oct.1, 2008
Spurs Sign Charles Gaines
SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Spurs announced today that they have signed forward Charles Gaines. Per team policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed.
The 6-9, 223-lb Gaines has spent the previous four seasons playing in Europe. Last season he played with Galatasaray Cafecrown in the Turkish TBL League. Gaines appeared in 28 games and averaged 12.9 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.86 steals in 25.5 minutes. He also saw action in 17 ULEB Cup games, averaging 12.4 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.12 steals in 27.3 minutes. Over his career, Gaines has made stops in Spain (DKV Jovent), France (Adecco ASVEL), Italy (Eurofiditalia Reggio Calabria) and the Continental Basketball Association (Michigan Mayhem).
At the same time the Spurs announced they have waived guard Brian Morrison.
San Antonio’s roster stands at 20.
http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/charle...ed_081001.html
Interesting. I have never heard of him...
A bad first day for Morrison, I guess.
gaines looks promising to say the least.
The good news is he's not tiny. The bad news is that the stats aren't really impressive as they are from the Turkish league and the ULEB cup, which are a level lower than Euroleague play.
Some sites have listed him as a SF. So at 6'9 he has a good size for a wing. But I don't know if this is acurate.
6'9?! We Need More Point Guards!!! We Must Have All The Point Guards!!!!!
well, at least he's not small.
With Mahinmi and maybe Thomas out, another big to practice will be useful.
Gaines look like a quality signing for a training camp invite. He is in the James Gist mold.
Have you seen him play? Is he a SF or PF? He seems to be a decent rebounder.
Believe it or not...he has a mixtape. He seems to move well without the ball and has good anticipation on his shot blocks. Who knows if he can shoot. As thin as we are at SF, I am willing to give him a look.
I've seen him play a couple of time some years ago when he was in France. i don't remember enough of him to give you some kind of reports.
And he is a PF.
Thanks.
His rebounding looks promising
Could some of the veteraNS here explain to me the contract situation. Im unclear how this is working. I thought we could only hae 15 players under contract and now we have 20? I dont undestand it. If they are waved, dont they go agaisnt their cap? SOme explanations please.
Pretty right...
Some stats on his last 2 years from Draftexpress:
http://www.draftexpress.com/stats.php?sid=20090
He is clearly a perimeter player, having not launched approximately one 3 pt shot in his last 31 ULEB cup games...
I doubt in this league he will be catching so many open oops like that. He looks promising, only time will tell.
Right now, I give Gaines the edge over Tolliver and Watkins to make the team.
He was a quality player in Europe and he fills a big need for Spurs as PF who can defend quick PFs (like Odom or Dirk). It is a very interesting signing...
I think in Europe he can play PF but in the NBA, he's a long 3/Small Forward. The interesting thing about Gaines is that he's an NBA Small Forward but he plays like a Center. Almost everything he does is around the rim. He's above average as a defender but may be a liability on offense as a SF who can't shoot midrange shots.
He looks to be one of the better prospects.
looking at his stats, he is clearly not a shooter, having shot 64 and 49% at the free throw line and not even taking any threes. he won't be a SF but he can be a high energy PF that the spurs need. if the spurs wanted someone like gaines, why didn't they just keep gist?
Even if Gaines makes the squad, he's simply keep the seat warm until Gist arrives next season.
Sorry, I dropped a "not"...
He is clearly not a perimeter player, ...
Yeah, I figured as much from watching the short video provided by Benefactor (thanks for that too). I didn't one sequence where he shot the ball from beyond 6-7 ft.
However, I say bring him on. Let's take a look.
He is NOT a perimeter player.
He played in Spain a couple of years ago and didn't make sense, just a few games with 12 or more rebounds. Not a great scorer, but a good defender.
BTW, he hasn't NBA level.
His game reminds me a little of Kenyon Martin's
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