With less than two weeks until the start of the 2025-26 NBA season, Russell Westbrook is still a free agent. Despite the Sacramento Kings reportedly being among the teams that showed interest in the former league MVP earlier this offseason, it appears Westbrook will not be on a team for the start of the season.
One possibility for Westbrook could be a reunion with his former team, the Houston Rockets. Westbrook joining Houston — a team with a clear need for a veteran point guard after Fred VanVleet suffered a torn ACL last month — would also reunite him with his former teammate with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant.
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On the “Up & Adams” show on Wednesday, Durant opened up about the possibility of reuniting with his former Oklahoma City Thunder teammate.
“Russ is a legend,” Durant said. “I think he deserves to be in the NBA right now. I think he deserves to walk out of the NBA on his own terms. Yeah, (a reunion) would be dope. But it’s not my decision. Leaving that up to whoever makes those decisions for now.”
Durant, who joined Houston this offseason via trade from the Phoenix Suns, had a high-profile breakup with Oklahoma City in 2016 when he joined the Golden State Warriors as a free agent. Durant and Westbrook were teammates for eight seasons with Oklahoma City and reached the NBA Finals during the 2011-12 season.
Since Westbrook was traded from Oklahoma City to Houston in 2019, the former league MVP has been on five different teams: the Rockets, Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers and the Denver…
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