Report: Westbrook declines $3.4M option, will become UFA:
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Westbrook to Become Free Agent on June 30Russell Westbrook declined his $3.4M option and will enter free agency after recovering from hand surgery this offseason.
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- Russell Westbrook chose not to exercise his $3.4 million player option, making him an unrestricted free agent on June 30.
- Following this decision, Denver has twelve players signed and is $10.6 million below the NBA's second salary cap apron.
- The former MVP recently had surgery to fix two fractured bones in his right hand.
- Westbrook averaged 13.3 points, 6.1 assists, and 4.9 rebounds during the regular season as Denver finished 50-32 and exited in Round 2 of the playoffs.
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