The 2025-26 NBA season shall be new Kings guard Russell Westbrook’s first marketing campaign in Sacramento and the star’s 18th general within the league.
So, on condition that the Kings are Westbrook’s seventh totally different workforce and “The Brodie” is 36 years outdated, it’s honest to surprise if the approaching season shall be his final.
Westbrook was requested if that’d be the case on Sunday at Kings apply, and he bluntly shut it down.
“Yeah, proper,” the previous NBA MVP informed reporters when requested if he’d retire upon the season’s finish.
The thought of calling it quits isn’t in Westbrook’s DNA.
As a substitute, the 6-foot-4 guard, with profession averages of 21.2 factors, 7.0 rebounds and eight.0 assists, intends to maintain taking part in for the foreseeable future.
Westbrook adopted his frank response by sharing what retains him going.
“Household,” he mentioned. “My household. My supporters. The power to be grateful and blessed to have the ability to get up and have limbs and issues that work, and have the ability to use them. Utilizing this platform to construct different components of my life and enterprise.
“You already know, simply the general enjoyable I’ve whereas taking part in and having fun with the sport; I believe it’s one thing I by no means ever take as a right, and I’m grateful to have the ability to try this once more.”
The previous couple of seasons have been tough for Westbrook.
However the Kings are betting on the veteran to stay a productive participant after he averaged 13.3 factors, 4.9 rebounds and 6.1 assists over a promising 75 video games a season in the past.
And it seems Westbrook is betting on the Kings to assist him have enjoyable, as he avoids speak of retirement.
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