Russell Westbrook Makes Career Move Before Denver Nuggets Offseason originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Denver Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook enjoyed quite a successful season, helping the franchise to the second round of the NBA Playoffs, despite going through a head coaching change in the final week of the regular season.

Russell Westbrook is set to hit the free agent market after choosing to decline his player option with the Denver Nuggets next season, according to Marc Stein. Westbrook, 36, will be an unrestricted free agent on June 30 as he looks for his fourth team in as many seasons.

Denver Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook declined his $3.4 million player option for the 2025-26 NBA season, effectively entering the upcoming free agency period on June 30, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to ESPN 's Shams Charania on Friday (June 13).