Jazz’s Malone Agrees to a 10-Year Contract
Utah Jazz forward Karl Malone agreed to a new 10-year, $18-million contract, and Jazz guard Bob Hansen signed a 5-year deal that will pay him nearly $3 million.
David Checketts, Jazz president and general manager, made the announcement following Friday night’s game against the Seattle SuperSonics, which the Jazz lost, 107-94.
The 6-foot 9-inch Malone, who signed a 6-year, $6-million contract last fall, worked as his own agent this fall.
Malone, 25, said the contract he will sign Monday takes him to the end of his playing career. It is Malone’s third contract and comes at the start of his fourth season.
According to his original 4-year deal, he was scheduled to earn $300,000.
Hansen, 27, a 6-6 third-round draft pick from Iowa in 1983, is on the injured list with a broken left index finger.
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