
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, July 14, 1990                   TAG: 9007140227
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: CHARLOTTE, N.C.                                LENGTH: Short

NEWMAN SIGNS HORNETS' OFFER SHEET

The Charlotte Hornets have signed New York Knicks forward Johnny Newman to an offer sheet, team officials announced Friday.

The Knicks have 15 days to match the offer for the 6-foot-7, 190-pounder, a restricted free agent who averaged 12.9 points for New York during the 1989-90 NBA season.

Allan Bristow, vice president of basketball operations for the Hornets and a former Virginia Tech star, did not reveal terms of the contract, but a source involved in the negotiations said Newman would receive $5 million over four years.

"We're serious about Johnny Newman, and we're serious about improving our ballclub by getting [top] players," Bristow said at a news conference.

Newman, 26, signed with the Knicks as a free agent in 1987. He played his college ball at Richmond, where he finished as the school's all-time leading scorer, with 2,383 points. - Associated Press, New York Times

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