<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">SEATTLE -- Rashard Lewis wore a gauze wrap under black Velcro straps. Those are keeping him from moving his surgically repaired hand. That's not all Lewis wants immobilized. Even though he is likely to miss the next two months, the SuperSonics' second-leading scorer wants his team to keep him from moving elsewhere in free agency after this season. "I'm pretty confident I will be a Sonic for a while. I want to be a Sonic," Lewis said. Lewis talked before his team hosted New Orleans on Tuesday night, his first public words since surgery last Friday stitched tendons back together in his right hand. He doesn't believe missing the next six to eight weeks will affect his decision whether to void the final two years of his Sonics contract. He sounded confident it won't come to that. He remains hopeful that the Sonics will offer him an attractive contract extension. Lewis, a 2005 All-Star, also said he doesn't think missing perhaps the next 20 games will lower his value. Averaging 21.9 points this season, he hasn't missed more than 11 games in any of his seven, full NBA seasons. He has met with general manager Rick Sund since the injury sustained Dec. 20 while trying to block a shot by Dallas' Erick Dampier. Lewis said Sund agreed with his decision to have surgery immediately rather than just try lengthy rehabilitation. Lewis took it as a positive for him staying in Seattle that Sund didn't say anything about how this injury may or may not affect his contract situation. "He and I are still on the same page," Lewis said. "I would hope he would come to me first to let me know if something was going on," Lewis said, referring to rumors of a trade out of Seattle. That talk has quieted since the injury. "I want to be a Sonic," Lewis said again. "But at the same time, this is a business. If they get an offer they can't resist, I'm sure they would make that move."</div> http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2709012
