July 21, 1999
SportsLine wire reports

SALT LAKE CITY -- Quincy Lewis, a 6-foot-7 swingman from Minnesota and the top draft choice of the Utah Jazz, agreed to a multiyear contract with the team.

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Scott Layden, Utah Jazz president of basketball operations, announced the deal Tuesday.

Lewis, the 19th player taken in the draft, was the first of Utah's three first-round picks.

Under terms of the NBA's salary structure for rookies, the 19th selection receives $775,600 the first year, $833,700 the second and $891,900 the third. The team would also has options for the next two years.

Lewis, the nation's No. 6 scorer at 23.1 points a game, was an All-Big 10 selection and a third-team All-American. He was also a member of the gold medal-winning 1998 U.S. Goodwill Games team.

He is scheduled to join the Jazz summer team for workouts Thursday morning.