{"id":996651,"date":"2026-08-12T19:49:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/996651\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T19:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:49:19","slug":"russell-westbrook-retires-from-the-nba-with-a-farewell-video-narrated-by-michael-b-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/996651\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Westbrook retires from the NBA with a farewell video narrated by Michael B. Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><strong>SACRAMENTO, Calif.<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russell-westbrook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Russell Westbrook<\/a>, the NBA&#8217;s career leader in triple-doubles and the 2017 MVP, announced Wednesday he&#8217;s retiring after 18 seasons during which he was selected to the league&#8217;s 75th anniversary team. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The two-time scoring champion shared his decision on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/russwest44\/status\/2087607645540585686?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">social media in a post<\/a> featuring a video narrated by actor Michael B. Jordan where the guard never says a word. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cSometimes you don\u2019t even know when you\u2019ve already watched the end,\u201d Westbrook wrote. \u201cYou had to be there. And now it\u2019s over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Westbrook was the No. 4 pick in 2008 out of UCLA by the Seattle SuperSonics, just before they moved to Oklahoma City. He played his first 11 seasons with the Thunder and spent this past season with the Sacramento Kings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Westbrook led the NBA in assists three times and was a two-time MVP of the All-Star Game. He won an Olympic gold medal in the 2012 London Games. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Westbrook leaves with <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kings-clippers-score-c37707dff8c6fab2adc114a429742dc7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">209 triple-doubles,<\/a> the last on March 15. Nikola Jokic ranks second in that category with 198 going into this season. Westbrook also holds the NBA mark for most triple-doubles in a season with 42 in 2016-17, when he earned his only MVP award. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">He averaged double figures for points and assists in five of six seasons starting in the 2015-16 season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Westbrook also played for Houston, Washington, the Lakers and Clippers \u2014 splitting the 2022-23 season between the Los Angeles teams and Denver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Last season, Westbrook started 58 of the 64 games he played for Sacramento. He averaged 15.2 points and 6.7 assists. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">AP NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2013 Russell Westbrook, the NBA&#8217;s career leader in triple-doubles and the 2017 MVP, announced Wednesday he&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":996652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[52116,1260,3369,21596,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-996651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-michael-b-jordan","tag-nba","tag-nikola-jokic","tag-russell-westbrook","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117084275598742163","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=996651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/996652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=996651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=996651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=996651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}