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onetwo88 · 01-03-2007, 08:23 AM

http://www.insidehoops.com/mcinnis-r...n-010307.shtml

**Diable** · 01-03-2007, 08:57 AM

I hope they got a lot of money.I'm sure Bob is really hurting for green.

PFortyy · 01-03-2007, 01:29 PM

congrates on gettin McInnis

**nutmeged3** · 01-03-2007, 02:14 PM

Better be a lot of money because McInnis is getting almost 3 mill more then BRJ

I'll admit I didn't like Bernard at all but McInnis? Great once BK comes back he better be at the end of the bench unless he proves otherwise

**Diable** · 01-03-2007, 02:48 PM

Only thing I could possibly say good about it is that it gives you a bit more flexibility in the event that you get a decent offer for BK.

As far as I am concerned Bernard sucks and probably always will,but I still wouldn't trade him for McInnis because McInnis always seems to poison the atmosphere everywhere he goes.I would have vastly preferred that we just find a d league point who deserved a look.

**Diable** · 01-03-2007, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ronna_meade21

congrates on gettin McInnis

Yeesh...why do you go to a lepers colony and congratulate them on getting leprosy

**nutmeged3** · 01-03-2007, 06:36 PM

Interview with McInnis and Bickerstaff after the trade

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From McInnis:

"I’m excited. It hasn’t hit me yet, you know? I haven’t played since January. I’m healthy and the New Jersey situation is behind me. Now I couldn’t think of a better place to come to. I always dreamed of playing at home in Charlotte. Now I’ve got the opportunity to take advantage of that, man, to come in and do what I can to help out. I’m not trying to step on anyone’s toes or to take anyone’s job. I just want to help out."

What’s your relationship like with Bernie Bickerstaff?

"It’s great. We always kept in touch, I keep up with him and coach (Paul) Silas. I look at them as mentors. I can call coach Silas or coach Bickerstaff anytime when I have a situation in the NBA or in life. People say me and coach Silas didn’t get along in Cleveland. That’s what y’all read and write. I had lunch with Paul in Ballantyne and somebody saw us and said, ‘I thought y’all didn’t get along, that y’all didn’t like each other.’ I ate with him and his wife, but that’s what the media said, that we didn’t like each other. I’m tired of having my name in negative stuff. I’ve been in league nine or10 years now, and people will think what they think and say what they say. I’m making money in the league and having fun in the league. My family knows who I am. My 6-year-old son (Jeff Jr., called Little Jeff), he knows me.

On playing here:

"It’s basketball. There will be a lot of ticket requests, but basketball is basketball. I don’t think I could’ve handled (playing at home) as well at 20 or 21. But having a kid changed my life. It slowed me down a lot, the stuff I do off the court, like going to clubs. I still go out, but I slowed down a lot the last couple of years. Just seeing a son shows you another side of life. I’ve got my son to go home to. That’s my happiness. Early in my career basketball made or broke me. I would get mad and take work home. Now I know it’s a job, and I take it as that.

Are you high-maintenance like your rep says?

(He laughs). "That’s almost like a prima donna, right? Damn, I don’t get how I get that reputation. Most guys wouldn’t take the roles I have taken. I’ve always been a shadow guy. I wouldn’t go to UNC to get attention and let Stack and Rasheed get all the props. I would’ve gone somewhere where I could get noticed more. Man, I just wanna know who says all this stuff about me? It’s like all the stuff in New Jersey (he says that people assumed he was a bad apple because of a years-old reputation and as soon as something bad would happen, everyone would point to him and say, he’s a bad apple, just like in Denver. He says Denver was a long time ago). I don’t care what people think, but let it be the truth. I have brought some stuff on myself, I’ll admit that. I did stuff early in my career. I talked back to coaches, and I won’t deny it. Now I grew through it, and why is it coming back to haunt me now? Can’t a person move on? It’s kind of unfair, but I know I have to deal with it. I’ve been through it. Ultimately, I’m happy to be here. There’s no better feeling I have than to try and end my career here. My agent expressed to (the Bobcats) that he didn’t want this to be a one-year, right here thing. But I was not supposed to have ever been in this league, and this is my ninth or 10th year. I’m going to try hard to stay here.’’

From Bernie Bickerstaff:

"I know the total Jeff McInnis. We needed to make a move. Raymond (Felton) had played over 200 minutes in five games. Derek (Anderson) is doing a nice job, but we brought Derek in to do spot work. With Brevin out until almost February, we needed help. It manifested itself the other night in the way we just got tired. That’s the bottom line."

"This is a great opportunity for Jeff. He’s a very skillful basketball player.’"

When asked to explain knowing "the total Jeff McInnis": "I don’t need to explain that. That’s it. It’s the whole thing. I know the total. That’s what you try to do with your players. It’s not unique to Jeff. I know the total composition of all our players."

On McInnis not playing right now: He’s just been sitting there. One thing Jeff likes, he likes playing basketball, and this is a great opportunity. He fits with our personnel because he can also play with Raymond. That takes some of the pressure off Raymond in terms of defending the big (shooting guards).

"Jeff’s what we call a quasi-guard. He can play with Brevin. And we certainly have explained to Jeff that nothing has been promised to him. He’ll get what he earns. This is, in my opinion, a perfect situation for him."

"It could be a career enhancer or go the other way. It’s on Jeff.’’

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Normal stuff he's not going to say anythng dumb yet. We'll just have to wait and see if it stays this way

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