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發表於 2007-7-3 15:48:29
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The NBA's most sought-after free agent is going to the Magic Kingdom.
Rashard Lewis
Lewis
Rashard Lewis has given the Orlando Magic a verbal commitment to leave the Seattle SuperSonics and sign a max contract on July 11, according to NBA front-office sources.
That's the first day free agents are allowed to officially sign new contracts.
Unless a sign-and-trade arrangement is worked out with Lewis' old team or unless it can otherwise shed payroll between now and July 11, Orlando will have to renounce the rights to restricted free agent Darko Milicic to create the salary-cap space needed to sign Lewis to a deal believed to be in the $15 million-a-year range.
Magic big man Dwight Howard had shown great interest in Lewis joining the club.
"I'm very excited we'd have a chance to play together," he said, according to the Orlando Sentinel on Monday. "He's a wonderful athlete, great person and would help our team a lot."
Howard said the two shared a "chemistry" during games, even joking about their similar unorthodox free-throw styles.
"Hopefully, he'll like it here," he said, according to the paper.
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