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Russell Westbrook is calling it a career.<\/p>\n

The former NBA MVP announced his retirement Wednesday with a farewell video on social media narrated by Michael B. Jordan, bringing an end to his 18-year NBA career.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSometimes you don\u2019t even know when you\u2019ve already watched the end,\u201d Westbrook wrote in the caption. \u201cYou had to be there. And now it\u2019s over.\u201d<\/p>\n

The three-plus minute video served as Westbrook\u2019s goodbye to basketball, with ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania later reporting that the nine-time All-Star was retiring.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, rumors emerged that Westbrook could be leaving the NBA for Hapoel Tel Aviv in Israel, although insider Marc Stein reported that the possibility was \u201claughably false.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Westbrook\u2019s retirement closes the book on one of the NBA\u2019s most distinctive careers.<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old spent the 2025-26 season with the Kings, averaging 15.2 points per game across 64 contests.<\/p>\n

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The longtime Thunder star won the 2016-17 NBA MVP award and two scoring titles, made nine All-Star teams and became the league\u2019s all-time leader in triple-doubles during his surefire Hall of Fame career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Westbrook spent 11 seasons in Oklahoma City after being drafted No. 4 overall out of UCLA in the 2008 NBA Draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He, Kevin Durant and James Harden led the Thunder to the 2012 NBA Finals as one of the youngest teams to ever make it to the championship round before falling to LeBron James and the Heat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Westbrook would bounce around the league after leaving OKC following the 2018-19 season, spending time with the Rockets, Wizards, Lakers, Clippers, Nuggets and Kings.<\/p>\n

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