Clifton Reece Gaines (born January 7, 1981 in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.) is an American professional basketball player for Angelico Biella in the Italian Serie A.
Gaines, a 6'6", 205 lb (1.98 m, 93 kg) point guard played high school basketball at Madison West in his hometown. He then played four years at University of Louisville, earning AP All-America 3rd team honors his senior season while leading the Cardinals to a 25-7 win-loss record.
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Clifton Reece Gaines (born January 7, 1981 in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.) is an American professional basketball player for Angelico Biella in the Italian Serie A.
Gaines, a 6'6", 205 lb (1.98 m, 93 kg) point guard played high school basketball at Madison West in his hometown. He then played four years at University of Louisville, earning AP All-America 3rd team honors his senior season while leading the Cardinals to a 25-7 win-loss record.
Gaines was drafted by the Orlando Magic in the first round (15th overall) of the 2003 NBA Draft and signed with the club on July 18, 2003. He spent one season on the bench in Orlando (1.8 points, 1.0 rebounds, 1.1 assists in 38 games) before being traded to the Houston Rockets (along with Tracy McGrady, Juwan Howard and Tyronn Lue) in exchange for Steve Francis, Cuttino Mobley and Kelvin Cato.
Gaines played ten games with the Rockets (2.6 points, 1.1 rebounds, 0.3 assists per game), spending the majority of his time on the injured list. He was traded...
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