Russell Westbrook, Guard from Denver Nuggets, rejects its option for the player option of $ 3.4 million for the 2025-26 season, which will make him a free agent on June 30th, a source of ESPNS Shams Charania announced.
The 36 -year -old Westbrook scored an average of 13.3 points at 44.9%, 6.1 assists and 4.9 rebounds in 27.9 minutes in 75 games for the Nuggets this season. In his first campaign for Denver, he started 36 games for the veteran since 2021-22.
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Westbrook was operated on in his right hand last month to repair several ligaments, the team announced that Westbrook was operated on in his personal newsletter to fix “two breaks that took place during the season”. It is expected to resume full training outside the season this summer after the procedure.
Westbrook is a two-time NBA champion and has a career on average of 21.2 points, 8.0 assists and 7.0 rebounds in 1,237 games (1,075 starts) with Thunder, Rockets, Wizards, Lakers, Clippers and Nuggets.
He is the career guide in Triple-Doubles (203) and takes eighth place in NBA history in Assists (9.925) and 23.
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