faba Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 McInnis signs with Nets Two-year, $7 million deal puts guard out of sign-and-trade talks The Cavaliers' options at point guard are narrowing. Former starter Jeff McInnis agreed to a two-year, $7 million deal with the New Jersey Nets on Thursday, an NBA insider confirmed. Looks like the Nets found their backup for Jason Kidd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124 Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Good signing by the Nets. Why are the Cavs' PG options narrowing? LeBron James, although 6'8, wants to be a PG, let him be the freakin PG if he wants too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomShane Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Ugh. McInnis is a world-class douchebag that, hopefully, will chill out playing next to his homeboy Vince (both Tarheels). McInnis has been a total cancer everywhere he's been in the NBA. Lawrence Frank just inherited a total headcase. Still, I wasn't hopped up to sign Milt Palacio either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Jets & Ham Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Ugh. McInnis is a world-class douchebag that, hopefully, will chill out playing next to his homeboy Vince (both Tarheels). McInnis has been a total cancer everywhere he's been in the NBA. Lawrence Frank just inherited a total headcase. Still, I wasn't hopped up to sign Milt Palacio either. I AGREE, TS ... agree with every word ... but I love the signing anyway McInnis is an immensely talented player ... if you judge him on talent alone, the Nets just added YET ANOTHER bigtime player On talent alone, he's better than every PG the Nets considered with the exception of Damon Stoudamire who would have costed the entire MLE ... better than Dooling as well, who they made a run at early Now because the Nets have a good lockerroom ... mostly good guys who don't make any waves ... I suspect they have a "self-policing" lockerroom where you can accomodate one knucklehead and his teammates will keep him in check Also, McInnis signed a one year deal ... no doubt to resurrect his repuation and look for a bigger deal next year, where he is paid according to his talent ... which was not going to happen this year because of the character concerns he created So for those two reasons I believe Mac will be on his best behavior ... and if that be the case, the Nets added an immensely talented player at a bargain-basement price So I love the move ... Nets are a legit contender and they just got even more talented off the bench PS. At 6' 4" Mac can give the Nets minutes off the bench as a PG and a SG ... I like that as well ... he's a PG first, but he has the size and offensive game to take some minutes at SG as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomShane Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 I dunno, Ham. The kid refused to play PG next to LeBron James last year. That sucks. I do agree that he's talented and better than Dooling by ALOT, and it will be awesome having a guy that can actually get to the rack off the dribble like he can, but he has to mature ALOT before the season get under way, IMO. The positive, I guess, is that they'll get Malik Allen or another big in here with the money they have left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted July 30, 2005 Author Share Posted July 30, 2005 The Nets have 1.5 million to get another body in for the bench- they still need a bruiser big body for the front court- who is out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormshadow19 Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 I dunno, Ham. The kid refused to play PG next to LeBron James last year. That sucks. I do agree that he's talented and better than Dooling by ALOT, and it will be awesome having a guy that can actually get to the rack off the dribble like he can, but he has to mature ALOT before the season get under way, IMO. The positive, I guess, is that they'll get Malik Allen or another big in here with the money they have left. I can't argue that McInnis isn't a headcase. CAuse, he is. Just wait til he starts wearing his jersey inside out (or was it backwards? Whatever..)... J Kidd will have a reason to pimp slap someone then. And, VC might follow his bad habits too. Not saying that he's a follower, it's just that one bad apple spoils the bunch. I'd be weary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smizzy Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 HTF did i miss this?? Mcinnis has some character issues but he's a decent PG and is here to give kidd a rest. I like this signning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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