Re: Bowen's Contract

["Kevin Crawford" <176012@email.msn.com>]

Ok, thanks for the info...

-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu>
To: Kevin Crawford <176012@email.msn.com>; celtics@igtc.com
<celtics@igtc.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 17, 1997 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: Bowen's Contract


>After a two year contract, players can sign a contract with the
>"Early Bird Exception" for two years at around the league average.
>When Bowen's contract is up that'll probably be a 2 year, $6 million
>contract. My guess is that no team is going to significantly outbid
>that (unlike the case for Austin).
>
>>     I have a question regarding Bowen's contract.  Am I mistaken or is
his
>> contract only for two years.  If this is the case, then he will not be
>> entitled to the Larry Bird exception after his contract is finished, and
we
>> will most likely not be able to resign him.  It seems to be a very
similar
>> situation to the Austin dilema in Miama.  Is this correct or not.  If so,
>> does any one have any ideas for a possible solution where we don't have
to
>> lose such a valuable and versatile player?
>>
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