NOTE FROM THE UNDERGROUND

Jackie MacMullan

January 26, 1998

Center Vlade Divac was devastated in July 1996 when the Lakers traded him to the Hornets. But the team and the city of Charlotte have grown on Divac—and on his wife, Snezana, an actress who spent most of last season in L.A. Still, there's no guarantee the Hornets will offer the big money needed to keep their big man, who will become a free agent this summer. Sources say a Bryant Reeves-type deal ($11 million a year) might not be enough to satisfy Divac.