Overview

• The former MVP declined his $3.5 million player option with Denver to enter unrestricted free agency earlier this summer.
• League interest has been minimal, with NBC Sports reporting no significant market response as training camps approach.
• Sacramento is viewed as the leading potential destination, but a deal likely requires trading a guard or opening a roster spot, and Malik Monk trade talks have cooled.
• Westbrook averaged 13.3 points, 6.1 assists and 4.9 rebounds for the Nuggets, then saw his role shrink in the playoffs to 24.1 minutes per game with 39.1% shooting.
• Patrick Beverley labeled the delay in signing “a little disrespectful,” and discussion of Westbrook’s legacy reemerged after his omission from a recent CBS Sports list.