Kelvin Gaines leaving UNT for pro career

Harry · April 1, 2014

UNT post player Kelvin Gaines is leaving UNT to pursue a professional career.

read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2014/04/kelvin-gaines-leaving-unt-for-pro-career.html/

MeanGreenTexan · April 1, 2014

professional basketball player? Or professional something else?

NT03 · April 1, 2014

April fools?

untbowler · April 1, 2014

What we had a post player?

H-towngreen · April 1, 2014

Wow!!! Another kid going pro from UNT!!!! Benford is really brining this program to the top.

UNT90 · April 1, 2014

One and done at UNT.

Benford-establishing the new norm.

Harry · April 1, 2014

Here are his stats on NBA Draft express:

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Kelvin-Gaines-20504/stats/

Green P1 · April 1, 2014

Lololololz.

Censored by Laurie · April 1, 2014

I don't like Tasty's ability to self-censor himself.

Mean_Green09 · April 1, 2014

Can't say we will miss him. Could never stay on the floor. Was normally out of position when he did play. Best of luck to him though

BillySee58 · April 1, 2014

Can't say we will miss him. Could never stay on the floor. Was normally out of position when he did play. Best of luck to him though

But will we be able to replace him with someone who's better.

Mean_Green09 · April 1, 2014

But will we be able to replace him with someone who's better.

Most likely yes. It wouldn't be a hard task. Although finding big guys has not been a strength of Benford.

NT03 · April 1, 2014

But will we be able to replace him with someone who's better.

Could probably throw Antonio Johnson out there and see improvement

Mean_Green09 · April 1, 2014

I wasn't counting on him to be a contributor. So I'm sure we can find a tall drink of water to eat up space on the bench

BillySee58 · April 1, 2014

Most likely yes. It wouldn't be a hard task. Although finding big guys has not been a strength of Benford.

Yeah. I just don't see us getting someone over 6'7" who is actually good as long as Benford is here. Take a look at Gaines' production, and the 6'9" JUCO post who we're looking at.

Either go with small lineups all the time or put space eaters with little skill in.

UNT90 · April 1, 2014

The question is how many other players vamonos before next season.

chrisfisher · April 1, 2014

Is this a joke? Kelvin Gaines couldn't put up anything close to decent stats in college ball regardless of the reason. No professional team is going to sign this guy. This has to be a joke.

UNT90 · April 1, 2014

Is this a joke? Kelvin Gaines couldn't put up anything close to decent stats in college ball regardless of the reason. No professional team is going to sign this guy. This has to be a joke.

Professional team doesn't necessarily mean NBA. There are plenty of spots in Japan, Israel, France, etc. professional leagues that would take a flier on a 6'9" US college player.

I'm sure the deal is already done or he wouldn't be leaving.

drex · April 1, 2014

Chapter three of the fire drill.

golfingomez · April 1, 2014

seriously Vito... go ahead and give us the punchline... this cant be real

Censored by Laurie · April 1, 2014

Professional team doesn't necessarily mean NBA. There are plenty of spots in Japan, Israel, France, etc. professional leagues that would take a flier on a 6'9" US college player.
I'm sure the deal is already done or he wouldn't be leaving.

And if presented with the choice of making a few bucks and experiencing a different part of the world and it's culture or getting 5, 1 min 30 sec sub-runs a night under Bedford I whole-heartedly support the man's decision.

Green P1 · April 1, 2014

So he'd rather leave the country than be associated with Tony Benford?

Sounds about right.

TheTastyGreek · April 1, 2014

So he'd rather leave the country than be associated with Tony Benford?
Sounds about right.

Remember that 6 point, 4 rebound domination against FAU? Remember the 44 personal fouls against 41 combined points + rebounds in 2013-14?

His time with North Texas was brief, but he'll always have the memories. And a suitcase full of t-shirts that Scott Monarch gave him.

The real question here is, how are we going to replace the production? He had that one assist in the La Tech game... Who is going to distribute for Jordan now?

GangGreen · April 1, 2014

Remember that 6 point, 4 rebound domination against FAU? Remember the 44 personal fouls against 41 combined points + rebounds in 2013-14?

His time with North Texas was brief, but he'll always have the memories. And a suitcase full of t-shirts that Scott Monarch gave him.

The real question here is, how are we going to replace the production? He had that one assist in the La Tech game... Who is going to distribute for Jordan now?

More importantly, how in the heck is he gonna feed his babies?