"Chicago Bulls point guard and 2011 league MVP Derrick Rose on Tuesday agreed to a five-year, $94 million contract, a rare sum for a fourth-year player because of a new labor-agreement written purposely for him.

Timberwolves All-Star forward Kevin Love is among those next in line.

Rose, Love, Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook, New Orleans' Eric Gordon and New Jersey's Brook Lopez, among others, are those from the 2008 draft class eligible to sign an extension of their rookie contracts by a Jan. 25 deadline.

None -- with the possible exception of Westbrook -- will be able to sign for the $94 million that Rose reached because of that MVP season a year ago."