FOX GETS `EARLY BIRD' CONTRACT.Byline: Howard Beck Staff Writer After two seasons of forgoing bigger paychecks to play for the Lakers See Lake poets , forward Rick Fox will get his due today, when he is expected to sign a six-year, $24 million contract. The Lakers had not planned an announcement as of late Wednesday afternoon, but Fox's representatives confirmed a deal had been reached. ``Rick is extremely happy to know that he's going to finish his career in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. ,'' said agent Douglas Johnson Douglas Johnson (1925-2005), a British historian, was born in Edinburgh in 1925. He attended the Royal Grammar School, Lancaster, and then Worcester College, Oxford, on a history scholarship. . Fox, who recently turned 30, has twice turned down multiyear, multimillion-dollar offers elsewhere, signing one-year deals for $1 million and $1.75 million with the Lakers. But he earned so-called ``early Bird'' rights in the process, enabling the Lakers to exceed the salary cap to give him a starting salary of $3 million next season, climbing to about $5 million by the final year, 2004-05. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. sources, Fox received similar offers from two other teams - one of which is believed to be San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. - as recently as Wednesday morning. He agreed to the Lakers' offer later in the day. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Forward Rick Fox is expected to sign a six-year, $24 million contract with the Lakers today. Gus Ruelas/Staff Photographer |
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