Anthony Gaines was my breakout player of the year candidate before the season, and today he made the strongest case yet for why I was right to make that call.
As you may have heard from the announcers, NU was something like +21 in this game when he was on the floor. A big reason why was his unselfish play on the offensive end (7 assists, more than any player on either team) and his outstanding defense on Max Strus, limiting a guy who is averaging close to 20 points per game to 8 points on 3-for-13 shooting, including 2-for-11 on 3s.
Just outstanding work from Anthony. He very well could be put on the opponent's best player going forward, allowing Vic Law to save some energy for the offensive end. A.J. Turner may get more credit for his hot shooting, but I still say Gaines was the MVP. Congratulations to him on the performance and look forward to many more like this to come.
As you may have heard from the announcers, NU was something like +21 in this game when he was on the floor. A big reason why was his unselfish play on the offensive end (7 assists, more than any player on either team) and his outstanding defense on Max Strus, limiting a guy who is averaging close to 20 points per game to 8 points on 3-for-13 shooting, including 2-for-11 on 3s.
Just outstanding work from Anthony. He very well could be put on the opponent's best player going forward, allowing Vic Law to save some energy for the offensive end. A.J. Turner may get more credit for his hot shooting, but I still say Gaines was the MVP. Congratulations to him on the performance and look forward to many more like this to come.