Why did Westbrook, the triple-double king of history, wander around and start his wandering career? The hero is old and sad

Denver Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook jumped out of the player option next season, isn't it?

After all, with the new NBA broadcast agreement taking effect this year, the basic salary of veterans next season is higher than 3.46 million. For the sake of maximizing personal interests, Westbrook makes it wise to jump out of the contract party.

Westbrook has a $3.4 million player option next season, which means he will be a free agent again on June 30.

He was as ambitious as him back then, but now he is wandering in the situation. It is a pity that the hero has been in his late twilight.

Don't forget, this is the active triple-double king who once won the league with a per game and was awarded the regular season MVP for this!

In the 16-17 season, Westbrook undoubtedly played the first season of the Gods. When we were amazed at his tireless harvesting triple-double data every night, we couldn't help but exclaim that it was not out of reach per game!

Westbrook played 81 games for the Thunder, averaging 34.6 minutes per game, averaged 31.6 points, 10.7 rebounds and 10.4 assists per game, and averaged a triple-double per game, and finally beat Harden to win the MVP trophy that year.

However, the Thunder playoffs were in a hurry that year, even if the MVP was like Westbrook, he could not lead the Thunder to go further.

It is worth mentioning that Westbrook did not only average triple-double in the MVP season, but has also performed triple-double in the following two seasons.

In other words, Westbrook's Thunder period averaged three-double miracle per game for three consecutive years. The reason why the next two were little known is that the first triple-double miracle was so stunning that it shone brightly overwhelmed everything. In the 2017-2018 season, Westbrook averaged 25.4 points, 10.1 rebounds and 10.3 assists per game, and his performance was commendable.

In the 2018-2019 season, Westbrook averaged 22.9 points, 11.1 rebounds and 10.7 assists per game.

A year later, when Westbrook played for the Washington Wizards in the 2020-2021 season, he averaged 22.2 points, 11.5 rebounds, 11.7 assists and 1.4 steals triple-double data, achieving the fourth career average of triple-double feat, enjoying the first place in NBA history.

It is worth mentioning that although Westbrook averaged triple-double in the past four seasons, his teams are all in the first round of the playoffs, and it seems that there is little difference between entering or not.

, and this is like Westbrook's salary in his entire career ranks among the forefront of history, but he cannot evaluate his career success!

So far, Westbrook's salary throughout his career is nearly $350 million ($346 million), which is amazing, but his lifelessness (a high probability event) has caused all this to be eclipsed!

Examining Westbrook's entire career, he still contributes All-Star data per game, averaging 21.2 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists per game is gorgeous and beautiful.

Westbrook was selected as the All-Star in his career, and rarely did it in the Best Team 9 times, which was extraordinary.

Last season, 36-year-old Westbrook played 75 games for the Nuggets, averaging 27.9 minutes per game, averaging 13.3 points, 6.1 assists and 4.9 rebounds per game, and a shooting percentage of 44.9%. Compared with its basic salary value, such performance is far worth the money.

Since the 2021-22 season, Westbrook has started 36 games, setting the most starts in recent years.