{"id":810631,"date":"2026-08-13T10:09:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/810631\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T10:09:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:09:37","slug":"new-russell-westbrook-rumors-reveal-which-teams-offered-contracts-before-nba-retirement-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/810631\/","title":{"rendered":"New Russell Westbrook Rumors Reveal Which Teams Offered Contracts Before NBA Retirement Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Sacramento Kings and Washington Wizards both expressed interest in signing Russell Westbrook before the veteran guard chose to retire, according to ESPN&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/49592048\/russell-westbrook-announces-nba-retirement-18-seasons\">Shams Charania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Westbrook announced Wednesday he&#8217;s hanging up his sneakers after 18 seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The nine-time All-Star spent last season in Sacramento. He averaged 15.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 6.7 assists in 64 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Westbrook also played a year in Washington in 2020-21, but the franchise has turned over significantly in terms of the roster and coaching staff since then.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">In both cases, the decorated playmaker would&#8217;ve had to settle for a reserve role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Kings selected Darius Acuff Jr. with the No. 7 overall pick. The former Arkansas star figures to get a lot of run with Sacramento rebuilding and focusing on the long term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Wizards, meanwhile, just handed Trae Young a <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/26971\/trae-young\">four-year, $212.8 million<\/a> contract. Acquiring Young and Anthony Davis ahead of the 2026 trade deadline was part of their plan to take a massive jump after losing an NBA-worst 65 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Along with making him come of the bench, neither Sacramento nor Washington could make a convincing pitch about helping Westbrook win a title. For as much as they should improve, the Wizards have a lot of <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25451079-updated-nba-power-rankings-after-philadelphia-76ers-sign-lebron-james\">question marks<\/a> with their squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Westbrook has a Hall of Fame career already and his legacy is cemented at this point. Without disrespecting the Kings or Wizards too much, it&#8217;s understandable why he didn&#8217;t view them as attractive destinations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sacramento Kings and Washington Wizards both expressed interest in signing Russell Westbrook before the veteran guard chose&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":810632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3780],"tags":[7,6,682,468,3892,683],"class_list":["post-810631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-washington-wizards","tag-basketball","tag-nba","tag-washington","tag-washington-wizards","tag-washingtonwizards","tag-wizards"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117087657224323835","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}