salaries

["Pierre Spruijt" <pierre@soneramail.nl>]

Title: salaries

I did research....


(ext) = the previous contract was extended on that date
rc = rookie contract, 1st round picks from 1995 and on are signed to 3
  year contracts at a set range
p-opt = player opt-out (player has the option to become a free agent)
t-opt = team option year(s) (if team chooses, player will be under
  contract for another year)
x-out = performance based opt-out clause (player has the option to become a
  free agent if his stats achieve certain criteria)
FA = year player becomes a free agent (year = summer of)
[players ordered by year of free agency]



                           Date    # of      total 
Player                   signed   years     salary     misc          FA

Michael Olowokandi ....  1/29/99    4    $15,031,312    rc  t-opt '02

Howard Eisley .........  8/14/97    3     $4 million                '00
Jacque Vaughn .........  7/21/97    3     $2,075,000     rc         '00
Adam Keefe ............   5/7/95    5    $13 million                '00


Tony Battie ...........  7/21/97,10/15/99  3+6  $6,717,000+$25 mill '06
Vitaly Potapenko ...... 7/26/96,3/13/99  3+6  $3,686,000 + $33 mill  '05
Calbert Cheaney .......   8/5/99    3    $6.6 million               '02
Doug Overton ..........  11/8/99    1      minimum                  '00


maurice.