{"id":855751,"date":"2026-08-15T04:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T04:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/855751\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T04:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T04:18:10","slug":"russell-westbrooks-retirement-has-nba-fans-reflecting-on-iconic-eras-nearing-an-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/855751\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Westbrook&#8217;s Retirement Has NBA Fans Reflecting on Iconic Eras Nearing an End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Russell Westbrook&#8217;s stellar NBA career officially came to an end after he <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25427270-russell-westbrook-retires-nba-video-narrated-michael-b-jordan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> his retirement in a social media video on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Westbrook isn&#8217;t the only accomplished point guard to retire this year, as Chris Paul also <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/47920879\/chris-paul-announces-retirement-nba-21-seasons\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">confirmed<\/a> that he was stepping away from the sport on Feb. 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">With Westbrook and Paul now among the former NBA players that thrived from the late 2000s through the 2010s, fans reflected on the top stars and teams during that era.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Westbrook amassed nine All-Star selections, nine All-NBA appearances, two All-Star MVP awards and two scoring titles. He was named MVP for the 2016-17 season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">He <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/most-triple-doubles-in-nba-history\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ranks<\/a> No. 1 in NBA history with 209 total triple-doubles, averaging a triple-double in four different seasons of his career. No other player has accomplished the feat in more than one year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Westbrook ended his career with averages of 20.9 points, 8.0 assists, 6.9 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game while shooting 43.8 percent from the field. He holds the No. 14 spot on the NBA&#8217;s\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/stats\/alltime-leaders?SeasonType=Regular+Season\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">all-time scoring list<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russell Westbrook&#8217;s stellar NBA career officially came to an end after he announced his retirement in a social&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":855752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-855751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/855752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}