[Charania] Westbrook had offers this offseason with the Sacramento Kings and Washington Wizards but chose to step away from the game on his own terms
Russell Westbrook, who played 18 NBA seasons with seven teams, announced his retirement on social media on Wednesday.
“Sometimes you don’t even know when you’ve already watched the end,” the 37-year-old Westbrook wrote on his post, which contained a video of his career narrated by actor Michael B. Jordan. “You had to be there. And now it’s over.”
Westbrook had offers this offseason with the Sacramento Kings and Washington Wizards but chose to step away from the game on his own terms, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania, ending one of the most statistically robust careers in league history.