Jeff Lemans McInnis (born October 22, 1974) is an American former professional

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. He played in the

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(NBA), in GreeceGoogle's cache of http://www.nba.com/playerfile/jeff_mcinnis/bio.html
and in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA).

Playing career

After his junior year playing for the

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, McInnis was chosen by the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the

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. He played three seasons for the

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of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1997 to 2000. He was selected as the CBA Newcomer of the Year and named to the All-CBA Second Team and All-Defensive Team in 1998. He was chosen as the

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and a member of the All-CBA First Team in 2000. All together, during his NBA career, McInnis would play for the Nuggets, the

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, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the

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, the

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, and the

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. For the 2005–06 season, the New Jersey Nets acquired McInnis, a free agent, mainly to back up star point guard

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. McInnis played limited minutes, tore left-knee cartilage on January 15, and missed significant time. Ahead of his return for the 2006 playoffs, the Nets kept McInnis inactive. The team's attempts to negotiate a contract buyout or a trade before the new season were unsuccessful, leaving McInnis in limbo, on the roster but exiled, early in the 2006–07 season. On January 3, 2007, the

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received McInnis from the Nets in trade for Bernard Robinson and cash considerations. McInnis, who would play 38 games for Charlotte, averaging 4.3 points and 3.3 assists per game, was waived by the Bobcats on February 29, 2008.

Coaching career

In 2009, McInnis founded the AAU organization Team Charlotte. In 2015, he won 17U National Coach of the Year honors. In 2019, he became national head basketball coach at Combine Academy in

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. His stint there ended in 2022.

Notes

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