Jazz To Sign LaRue To 10-Day Contract

1/29/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Jan. 29, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Utah Jazz placed guard John Crotty on the injured list with tendinitis in his left knee on Monday, and planned to sign Rusty LaRue to a 10-day contract.

Pending a physical Tuesday, LaRue is expected to be in uniform Wednesday against the Chicago Bulls.

LaRue, a 6-foot-3 guard who spent parts of three seasons with Chicago from 1997-2000, averaged 7.3 points in six preseason games with Utah before being placed on waivers. He averaged 12 points with the Asheville Altitude of the National Basketball Development League.

Crotty, averaging a career-best seven points and 3.5 assists, has missed four of Utah's last six games with tendinitis after playing in the first 38 games of the season.