Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook is expected to decline his $3.5 million player option and enter unrestricted free agency this offseason, a league source told The Denver Post on Friday, confirming a report by league insider Marc Stein.
Westbrook, 36, signed with Denver last summer at the veteran minimum for two years, with a player option on the second. He averaged 13.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 6.1 assists in his 17th NBA season, largely off the Nuggets’ bench as a backup point guard for Jamal Murray.
By most measurements, it was his most productive season since entering the role player phase of his Hall of Fame career.