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 正式拒絕執行下面兩年的合約，他決定跳脫合約成為自由球員。 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." 超音速的優勢是他們是唯一可以給 Lewis 六年合約的隊伍，而 執行總裁 Wilkens 表示那本來就是他在合約期間可以做的事，所以若他離開沒什麼好責怪的，不過 那並不會讓超音速停止任何行動。 "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 則說 Lewis 是極搶手的自由球員之一，因此球隊們可能在七月一號可以簽 的時候就會提供給他合約 "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. 另外還說 Lewis 對於成為自由球員感到興奮，他很想贏球，他也希望隊友們都是 這麼想，他正在做的就是尋找能夠到一個能夠不斷贏球的環境。 "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 則說他會給超音速第一優先權，如果價碼是對的。 他說因為超音速願意選他，對他有信心，所以即使他到別處，他的心永屬超音速 --

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