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Article: Cavaliers grant McInnis a fresh start.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- January 23, 2004
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Byline: Brian Windhorst
CLEVELAND _ A few hours after he was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Jeff McInnis was asked to make a material decision that he turned personal.
He couldn't have his usual No. 5 because it already belonged to new teammate Kedrick Brown. His alternative was both simple and complex. McInnis, who came to the Cavaliers from the Portland Trail Blazers for Darius Miles on Wednesday, picked No. 0.
In part because it was his number when he was in high school and, in part, because his new role on the Cavaliers is a fresh start.
"Sometimes I'm misunderstood," McInnis said after he finished his first practice as a ...