Russell Westbrook won’t be exercising his $3.5 million participant choice with the Denver Nuggets for subsequent season and can as an alternative develop into a free agent, an individual with information of the choice instructed The Related Press on Friday.
The choice would not essentially imply that Westbrook will not be again with the Nuggets, mentioned the individual, who spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of neither facet revealed the choice publicly.
NBA reporter Marc Stein first reported Westbrook’s choice, which was later confirmed by ESPN and The Denver Submit, amongst others.
Westbrook averaged 13.3 factors, 4.9 rebounds and 6.1 assists for the Nuggets this season — his seventeenth within the NBA — and helped Denver attain the second spherical of the playoffs, falling in seven video games to eventual Western Convention champion Oklahoma City.
He underwent surgical procedure after the season to restore a number of ligament tears in his proper hand, a problem he performed by way of throughout the season. At the moment, Westbrook posted in his publication that he was “grateful for everybody’s help all yr and I can’t wait to be again on the market at one hundred pc quickly. The comeback is already in movement.”
That might point out that he’s planning to play someplace subsequent season.
Westbrook is a nine-time All-Star, nine-time All-NBA choice and gained the MVP award after the 2016-17 season. He’s additionally a part of the NBA’s seventy fifth anniversary crew and has averaged 21.2 factors and eight assists per recreation over his profession.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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