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Nets sign McInnis to back up Kidd

Versatile 6-foot-4 free agent averaged 12.8 ppg for Cavs last season

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updated 6:23 p.m. ET July 29, 2005

NEW YORK - Free agent guard Jeff McInnis has reached an agreement with the New Jersey Nets, his agent said Friday.

McInnis will sign a one-year deal with an option for a second, Steve Kauffman said.

The 6-foot-4 McInnis can play both point guard, as a backup to Jason Kidd, and shooting guard. He averaged 12.8 points for the Cleveland Cavaliers last season.

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The Nets had no comment, since free agent contracts cannot be officially announced until the league’s new collective bargaining agreement is signed.

The McInnis deal comes about a week after the Nets reached agreements with two other free agents, forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim and forward Clifford Robinson. The Nets also signed their first-round draft pick, Antoine Wright, a 6-7 guard who played three seasons at Texas A&M.

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