In late February, Rashard Lewis rejected a two-year, $25 million contract extension from the Seattle SuperSonics. Months later, Lewis has taken his rejection a step further. Lewis 正式拒绝执行下面两年的合约，他决定跳脱合约成为自由球员。 The Sonics have one advantage over the rest of the NBA with Lewis now in free agency: They are the only team who can offer him a six-year contract. "It was in his contract that he could become a free agent. And you can't blame him for wanting to see what's out there," Sonics president of basketball operations Lenny Wilkens said last month. "But that won't stop us from trying to get it done." 超音速的优势是他们是唯一可以给 Lewis 六年合约的队伍，而 执行总裁 Wilkens 表示那本来就是他在合约期间可以做的事，所以若他离开没什麽好责怪的，不过 那并不会让超音速停止任何行动。 "He's earned that right to be at the top of the market," Dutt said. "I think teams will move pretty quickly to sign him [after July 1]. He is about the top free agent out there." Dutt 则说 Lewis 是极抢手的自由球员之一，因此球队们可能在七月一号可以签 的时候就会提供给他合约 "He's excited. At the same time he wants to win. He puts in the time himself and he wants his teammates to do the same. He's just looking for an opportunity, whether he stays in Seattle or if he was to move, to be in a situation where he has an opportunity to win every night," Dutt said. 另外还说 Lewis 对於成为自由球员感到兴奋，他很想赢球，他也希望队友们都是 这麽想，他正在做的就是寻找能够到一个能够不断赢球的环境。 "I'm excited about where I stand in the NBA," Lewis said last month, immediately after his ninth season in Seattle ended in a 31-51 mess. He turns 28 in August. Lewis could get offers of five years for perhaps $15 million per year. He said he will give Seattle first opportunity to give him a sweet deal. "Oh, yeah. I've been here since the team drafted me [in 1998]. They have faith in me," Lewis said last month. "My heart will always be here -- even if I play somewhere else." Lewis 则说他会给超音速第一优先权，如果价码是对的。 他说因为超音速愿意选他，对他有信心，所以即使他到别处，他的心永属超音速 --

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