Free agent guard Russell Westbrook and the Sacramento Kings reportedly have “strong mutual interest” toward getting a deal done, per ESPN’s Shams Charania on Friday’s edition of NBA Today.
“There is strong mutual interest between Russell Westbrook and the Sacramento Kings,” Charania began.
“And the Kings have a need for a reserve point guard. They were 29th in bench points, 29th in bench assists last season. Russell Westbrook helps with that, and he’s got relationships across that organization. Domantas Sabonis, he’s close with, played with him. He played with Dennis Schröder as well. DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, they have L.A. ties as well.
“B.J. Armstrong, the new assistant general manager there, he knows B.J. Armstrong from the agency side, and he does have respect with Scott Perry, their new general manager, and Doug Christie, their new head coach. We’ll see if a deal gets done before the start of the season or during this upcoming year.”
Westbrook, who turns 37 years old on Nov. 12, is a nine-time All-Star, nine-time All-NBA player and two-time scoring champion who landed on the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team. He averaged a triple-double in four of his 17 NBA seasons, including 2016-17, when he won the NBA MVP award while leading the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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