The 37-year-old American is hanging up his sneakers after 18 years spent in the NBA.
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“Sometimes you don’t even realize you’ve been watching the end. You just had to be there. And now it’s all over,” shared R. Westbrook with a short post, attaching a video voiced by actor Michael B. Jordan.
In his final career season, the point guard played for the Sacramento Kings, alongside Domantas Sabonis. He also played with the Lithuanian in the 2016-2017 season for the Oklahoma City Thunder.
It was with the Oklahoma City team that R. Westbrook spent the best years of his career (2008-2019). In 2017, he was named the NBA regular season MVP, and in 2012 he played in the NBA Finals.
In total, R. Westbrook represented seven teams – besides the Kings and Thunder, also the Houston Rockets, Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, and Denver Nuggets.
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However, he never managed to win an NBA championship ring.
R. Westbrook was selected to the All-Star games and the All-NBA team nine times each, twice became the season’s top scorer, and led the league in assists three times. He also became the first point guard to grab 9,000 rebounds in his career and leads NBA history in triple-doubles with 209.
R. Westbrook and LeBron James are the only players in NBA history to have scored at least 25,000 points and recorded at least 10,000 assists.
This summer, with no interest from NBA teams, EuroLeague teams, especially Tel Aviv’s Hapoel, began to show interest, but the point guard was not interested in moving to the Old Continent.
