By Michalis Gioulenoglou/ info@eurohoops.net
The first player who finished a season averaging a triple-double in the modern NBA era decided that it was time to step off the courts.
Russell Westbrook announced his retirement, having won everything in his career but an NBA championship.
One of the greatest combo guards in NBA history, Westbrook is a nine-time NBA All-Star and earned the NBA Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) for the 2016–17 season.
He won gold medals in the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics.
Sometimes you don’t even know when you’ve already watched the end.
You had to be there. And now it’s over. pic.twitter.com/6YoOW8WyIV
— Russell Westbrook (@russwest44) August 12, 2026
He is also a nine-time All-NBA Team member, a two-time NBA scoring leader, a three-time NBA assists leader, and a back-to-back NBA All-Star Game MVP.
Westbrook is one of three players in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season. He has achieved that feat four times and is the all-time NBA leader in career triple-doubles. He was the first to achieve this feat after the great Oscar Robertson, who finished his career in 1974, and it took 40 years for Westbrook to do it again.
In 2021, Westbrook was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. He appeared in the NBA Finals as a member of the Thunder in 2012, losing to the Miami Heat.
In 2019, Westbrook was traded to the Houston Rockets, playing one season for the organization before being traded again to the Washington Wizards in 2020.
After a season in Washington, he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2021. Following two relatively disappointing seasons playing alongside LeBron James, he was traded to and bought out by the Utah Jazz before signing with the Los Angeles Clippers later in the 2022–23 season.
In the summer of 2024, he was again traded to the Utah Jazz and waived, preceding his signing with the Denver Nuggets for the 2024–25 season, followed by his signing with the Sacramento Kings for the 2025–26 season.
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