He should play ever single minute that he can, imo. Once again, we were a ridic +17 when he was in the game. And he put the absolute clamps down on whomever he was guarding on defense.
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Agree. And he doesn’t seem to foul much. Of course more minutes will change that. He’s also built like a tank. I think he, Nance, and Kopp will be great next season.
Ya his defense is sick and he is the one guy who plays with swagger. If he can develop even average offensive skills he could be all big ten. Personally I think he could be an NFL LB if he wanted to go that route.
He played free safety and wide receiver (?!?) on his high school football team, Imagine that truck coming at you on offense or defense...
Can he play as a 5th yr senior on the football team? I thought I heard you can get a 5th yr if you change sports. If so Fitz should be all over it. Seriously he’s like a bigger version of Napo who was also a decent b-ball player.
He is very athletic, and his development has been the brightest spot of this season.
Physically, I realized tonight that Gaines (6-4, 205) reminds me of Tim Doyle (6-5, 215). (Doyle was not particularly athletic.) Maybe next year Gaines starts slinging 25-foot bounce passes
, though probably not.Gaines needs to shoot more.
He is very athletic, and his development has been the brightest spot of this season.
Physically, I realized tonight that Gaines (6-4, 205) reminds me of Tim Doyle (6-5, 215). (Doyle was not particularly athletic.) Maybe next year Gaines starts slinging 25-foot bounce passes
Gaines needs to shoot more.
He looks much bigger than 205 lbs. That would be prettty skinny at 6 ft 4.
Yep he’s a strong dude. 90% of his offseason work needs to be on developing his jump shot. IMO, NU does not win the game against Illinois if Gaines doesn’t hit two 3-pointers and make the defense respect him.
He reminds me a lot of Jeremy Nash, but a little more offensively advanced at this point. Nash wasn’t asked to play man defense much, but if you remember, he was an absolute force at the top of the 1-3-1. His offensive game was lacking early in his career, but by the time he was a senior he had developed some on offense.
Gaines reminds me a lot of Nash, but is a better natural basketball player and athlete.
Gaines reminds me a lot of Nash, but is a better natural basketball player and athlete.
He certainly is helping the team but one thing he shouldn't be doing more of is shoot.He is very athletic, and his development has been the brightest spot of this season.
Physically, I realized tonight that Gaines (6-4, 205) reminds me of Tim Doyle (6-5, 215). (Doyle was not particularly athletic.) Maybe next year Gaines starts slinging 25-foot bounce passes
Gaines needs to shoot more.
Yeah, I mean, he’s only hitting 43% of threes. We need Taylor (36%) and Turner (30%) taking more. Vic (34%) and Nance (28%) too.
He needs to shoot wide open 3s and hit a respectable rate otherwise the offense which struggles 5 on 5 will effectively be 4 on 5 and dead in the water. He only needs to shoot 35% on wide open 3s to keep teams honest. He is capable of that based on his shooting so far.
He's hit some clutch threes this year. I like to less forced drives to the basket, he got like 2 or 3 shots blocked, better to drive and kick out. Yeah but he's our 3rd best player at this point.
Great night and win! Gaines and Kopp took big strides and so did CC. Finally, after 18 games, he realized he had to play two bigs at the same time. Most of the teams in the Big 10 have two guys that are 6’8” and larger on the floor at the same time. (See Iowa and MSU losses as we got manhandled on the defensive and offensive glass). Now CC will have to figure out that playing a PG might be a good idea v. Indiana because we can not fall behind 7-0 every night against NCAA level teams like UM, MSU, IU, Iowa, Oklahoma, and Fresno State and win. Maybe he will figure that out also soon and we can get a quality win (0-7 so far against tournament level teams)
Greer needs to play 8-10 minutes a game at least and we need to play two bigs or else we will get crushed on the boards v. UNL, UMD, PU, etc. who have quality bigs and quick and experienced PGs (Cowan, Watson and Edwards come quickly to mind). And maybe we can switch it up on defense once or twice a game as a novel thought to keep a team off balance.
Greer needs to play 8-10 minutes a game at least and we need to play two bigs or else we will get crushed on the boards v. UNL, UMD, PU, etc. who have quality bigs and quick and experienced PGs (Cowan, Watson and Edwards come quickly to mind). And maybe we can switch it up on defense once or twice a game as a novel thought to keep a team off balance.
Summarizing this thread we need to start about 8 guys so we can avoid early holes. I think it would work if the Refs don’t notice. I’m pretty sure James Harden could get away with this in the NBA.
I saw that we were -15 in the 17 minutes that Pardon and Benson played together.
This is where not having someone like Lumpkin has hurt.
While undersized, Sanjay could defend all 5 positions and that versatility on D was priceless; Gaines is a beast, but can't defend all 5 positions like Sanjay could.
But other than that, Gaines is making a pretty mean mini-Sanjay impression.
W/ an improved jump-shot, can see Gaines being like (a healthy) Cobb.
One thing for sure, Gaines is the guy on the roster who has the least problem driving to the basket.
Gaines is unafraid to drive but if he doesn’t get fouled he usually can’t finish. I didn’t think he would be as good as Sanjay but he’s getting there and I think has more offensive upside.
He is very athletic, and his development has been the brightest spot of this season.
Physically, I realized tonight that Gaines (6-4, 205) reminds me of Tim Doyle (6-5, 215). (Doyle was not particularly athletic.) Maybe next year Gaines starts slinging 25-foot bounce passes
Gaines needs to shoot more.
Gaines needs to shoot better....before he shoots more. More than 5 feet out is not pretty.
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Well he shoots 43% from 3 this year so I don’t really care about pretty if it’s goIng in. He needs to shoot when open on the 3 otherwise defenses don’t play him and our offense is screwed.
Gaines is similar to Sanjay in this regard. They aren’t/weren’t counted on for scoring, especially from the 3 point line, so he is smart in his shot selection. People are right that he’s not a great shooter, so it’s a credit to him that he shoots 43% from long distance due to his selection of moments to take those shots.
Agree that he doesn’t force shots. But he is also left open quite a bit so I think he’ll need to take more of those if we’re gonna beat good big ten teams.
Like that one game against Purdue where Pardon made a bunch of jumpers, except always.
Foul trouble had a lot to do with that. The other night the Bigs weren't getting fouls called on them so CC was able to have them in together for a while.
It is more about the total minutes played and who is in at crunch time. CC feels he is better coming off the bench. Maybe to give him a chance to see what needs to be done. But his minutes played and crunch time says starter even though he technically isn't.
You are urging Gaines to do exactly what opposing defenses/coaches would like him to do. For good reason. Great example of stats being for losers.
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Other teams leave him open because he usually doesn’t shoot. If he proves he can hit a third of his open 3 pt shots they will start guarding him. Based on evidence to date he’s capable but he’s been hesitant. We ain’t gonna win much playing 4 on 5 offense so we might as well see what he’s got.