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[peter delevett <pdelevett@amcity.com>]

Snow close to deal with 76ers

                          Associated Press 

                          PHILADELPHIA -- Guard Eric Snow has agreed to a
multiyear contract with the Philadelphia
                          76ers worth about $3 million per year, The
Philadelphia Inquirer reported Wednesday.

                          Snow, who joined the Sixers in January 1998, was
scheduled to visit with the
                          Toronto Raptors on Wednesday but canceled the visit
"because we think we can
                          get this done," said Steve Kauffman, Snow's agent.

                          Kauffman declined to confirm Wednesday the $3
million number reported by The
                          Inquirer but did say that he and Sixers general
manager Billy King have agreed in
                          principle to a dollar amount and contract length.

                          "But until I review the proposed documents, I don't
feel I can absolutely confirm
                          that," Kauffman said.

                          Kauffman said a number of teams have offered
substantially more money, but Snow wants to stay
                          in Philadelphia.

                          The Sixers would not confirm or deny the report. A
contract cannot be signed until Aug. 1, when
                          the NBA lifts its one-month moratorium on all deals.

                          Free-agent forward George Lynch is also ready to
re-sign with the Sixers, the Inquirer reported.