<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The Charlotte Bobcats filled the major hole on their depth chart Wednesday by signing veteran point guard and native Charlottean Jeff McInnis. McInnis' agent, Steve Kauffman, confirmed that McInnis agreed to a one-year deal at the veteran minimum (about $1.1 million). Under the NBA's collective-bargaining agreement, the league will pay a large portion of McInnis' contract. McInnis, entering his 11th NBA season, will back up another former North Carolina point guard, Raymond Felton. -- Charlotte Observer</div></p> -Petey</p>
Apparently the new head coach likes him</p> http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-b...p&type=lgns</p> </p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> Bobcats vice president of basketball operations Bernie Bickerstaff said McInnis and new coach Sam Vincent hit it off during offseason workouts. </p> "Jeff did a nice job for us last year and he's certainly a veteran backup," Bickerstaff said. "He and Sam were on the same page. Sam was really impressed with Jeff. They've been working together this summer and communicating." </p> McInnis' agent, Steve Kauffman, said at least five teams expressed interest in his client, including Detroit, Miami and Boston. But McInnis, who grew up in Charlotte and played in college at North Carolina, wanted to play for the hometown team. </p> "There were other teams interested at the same salary level, but there was never any question that Jeff wanted to be in Charlotte," Kauffman said. </p> </div></p> </p>
And in other news, the New York Islanders have acquired Dominick Hasek.</p> (Canadians, feel free to explain.)</p>
