Russell Westbrook has joined the Denver Nuggets on a two-year contract containing a player option for 2025-26. (More Basketball News)
Earlier this month, Westbroꦿok was traded from the Los Angeles Clippers to the Utah Jazz, who reached a contract buyout agreement with the point g✱uard.
Westbrook had long been expected to move on to Denver, with Utah receiving a series of secoꦍnd-round draft picks from the Clippers to facili🐼tate the move.
On Friday, Westbrook was in Denver to put pen to paper🥃 on his deal,𝓡 with his agent Jeff Schwartz confirming the length and terms of his contract to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
The team s𝕴ubsequently announced the arrival of the 35-year-old on social media, with the Nuggets becoming his sixth team in the last seven years.
Westbrook will earn an estimated $6.8million with the Nuggets, who lost to the Minnesota Timberwol♛ves in last season's Western Conference semifinals.
In 202🌄3-24 for the Clippers, he averaged career lows of 11.1 points and 4.5 assists with 5 boar💦ds.
He came off the bench in 57 of the 68 games he played, shooting 27.3 per💫 cent from 3-point range – the second-lowest mark among the 226 players with at least 150 attempts from beyond the arc.
However, Denver believe the 2016-17 NBA MVP can still provide depth and ease the load on reigning MVP Nikola Jokic, who was named the league's🐠 best player for a third time in 2023-24.
