http://0rz.net/660yO Nets sign McInnis to be Kidd's backup Friday, July 29, 2005 BY DAVE D'ALESSANDRO Star-Ledger Staff They called Jeff McInnis a quitter last season in Cleveland, and that was probably one of the nicer things they said about him. Both Paul Silas and Brendan Malone benched him. Teammates raised their eyebrows when the point guard complained about not getting enough touches and about LeBron James taking too many shots. Fans turned against him after hearing McInnis call himself "an independent contractor." And when he skipped a flight to Toronto in mid-April, management considered leaving him off the playoff roster entirely -- if the Cavaliers made the playoffs, which didn't happen, ostensibly because they had too many players like McInnis. But whatever label he carried in Cleveland, the Nets will call him their backup point guard for at least one year. Team president Rod Thorn -- outbid in his first choice for Jason Kidd's understudy, and unable to agree on a price with the fallback option -- actually found a more talented player than the first two guys he pursued. But in giving McInnis a one-year deal for $3.5 million next season (with a player option for $3.7 in 2006-07), Thorn is also taking on a player who doesn't exactly match the good-citizen mold he has always tried to fill. The Nets failed in their attempt to sign Keyon Dooling and Milt Palacio during this free-agent season. McInnis is ranked much higher than both, but his other issues explain why he came so cheaply. This is the same player, after all, who complained when he had to come off the bench behind Damon Stoudamire in Portland and Eric Snow in Cleveland. Agent Steve Kaufman defended him this way: "In all my years in this business, it was as unprofessional a job from a coach as I've ever seen," he said, referring to Silas. "In Jeff's case, I'm not going to get into a Q and A of his problems. But he's played for three franchises -- the Clippers, Trail Blazers and that fiasco in Cleveland. I don't know what else to say about that, other than this is an entirely different franchise." Whether that means he can live with being Kidd's caddy remains to be seen, however. The Nets, for their part, aren't worried. "It's not like he doesn't know what he's coming in for," one team official said. "He'll get a clean slate here. And we're happy because he's by far more superior to the guys we didn't get." When the market opened, most GMs ranked McInnis fifth in a weak point-guard field, behind Earl Watson, Stoudamire, Marko Jaric and Antonio Daniels. -- wow...這個消息確實嚇到我了 在眾多名字裡面竟然最後冒出一個從來沒有提出來過的球員 McInnis算是比我們追求的幾個替補控球都有才華沒錯... 不過他不是有很多個人問題嗎? 去年在Cleveland就一直抱怨了...Orz 他會甘願做Jason Kidd的替補? 還是他真的打算重新振作, 重新再來? 合約其實還好 一年350萬(第二年為球員選擇) 現在就看Frank和Kidd有沒有辦法控制他 幫他找到一個定位 不要最後還是跟在Cleveland一樣就... --

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