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[Los Angeles Times]         [AP Online Basketball]

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                                            08-26-97 1927EDT

  Lakers, Rick Fox Agree to Contract

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  STORY    INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) Free agent swingman Rick Fox has
           agreed to contract terms with the Los Angeles Lakers.

           ``We've reached a verbal agreement with him, he's going to
           play for us,'' Lakers public relations director John Black
           said Tuesday. ``He's going to come to Los Angeles on Thursday
           and we expect that he'll sign the contract that day.''

           Contract terms were not announced.

           Fox, 28, averaged 15.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists and
           2.2 steals with the Boston Celtics last season his sixth with
           the team.

           The 6-foot-7 Fox, who played for Dean Smith at North Carolina
           and tied a school record by playing in 140 career games, was
           the 24th overall selection in the 1991 NBA draft.

           Fifth in the NBA in steals last season, Fox was one of only
           two players in the league who averaged 15 points, five
           rebounds and two steals. The other was Atlanta's Mookie
           Blaylock.

           Fox is averaging 10.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.24 steals in
           his career.

           Fox figures to contribute significantly for the Lakers during
           the upcoming season, since they have lost forward Travis
           Knight and guard Byron Scott. Knight signed a free agent
           contract with the Celtics, and Scott signed a contract to
           play with Panathinaikos AC of Athens, Greece.

           Returning to the Lakers next season are starters Elden
           Campbell, Robert Horry, Shaquille O'Neal, Nick Van Exel and
           Eddie Jones, and reserves Kobe Bryant, Corie Blount, Sean
           Rooks and Derek Fisher. The status of free agent forward
           Jerome Kersey is uncertain.

           Possible newcomers to the roster along with Fox are free
           agent forward James Forrest, who signed a contract over the
           summer, and second-round draft choice DeJuan Wheat, a guard
           from Louisville.

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