Rashard Lewis has opted out of his last two seasons of his contract with the Seattle Supersonics thus making himself a unrestricted free agent.  This move by Lewis will likely end his career as a Sonic with the Sonics likely to draft small forward Kevin Durant in next week’s NBA Draft.  Lewis had a injury marred season last year like a lot of key Sonics did.  He played in 60 games and he averaged 39.1 minutes, 22.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game.  Lewis also shot well last season as he hit 46.1% of his shots from the floor, 39% from three point range and 84.1% from the free throw line.

Lewis likely ends his career with the Sonics having played in 617 games (528 starts) and he averaged 33.9 minutes, 16.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.2 steals per game.  He shot 46.1% from the floor, 38.6% from three point range and 80.1% from the free throw line in his career as a Sonic.  Lewis did a great job in his time in Seattle as their #2 man behind Ray Allen.  He should have no problem signing a contract for big bucks on the open market.