One shot bought him a place in Jazz lore. Five games into his NBA life on a 10-day contract, Gaines hit a buzzer-beating three — the first of his career — to beat Cleveland 97–96 on January 14, 2010, and Utah signed him for the rest of the season. The Queens native had been a two-time All-SEC pick at Georgia before going undrafted in 2008.
The rest was a suitcase career: short stints with Minnesota, Toronto and New Jersey, then Italy, China, Turkey, Venezuela, Israel and the Salt Lake City Stars. In 2017 he even led the Washington Generals with 22 points in their lone game of The Basketball Tournament.
HOW HE CAME & WENTUtah called him up from Idaho on a 10-day contract on January 5, 2010 — days later he beat Cleveland and LeBron James with a buzzer-beating three — and waived him that October.
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| SEASON | TEAM | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | UTA | 32 | 6.8 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | .463 | .269 | .500 |
| JAZZ TOTAL | 1 SEASON | 32 | 6.8 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | .463 | .269 | .500 |
Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗ · Wikipedia ↗