{"id":195777,"date":"2026-02-27T01:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/195777\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T01:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:52:17","slug":"kings-announce-russell-westbrook-news-before-mavericks-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/195777\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings Announce Russell Westbrook News Before Mavericks Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sacramento Kings<\/a> guard Russell Westbrook<\/a> has been a solid veteran presence in his first year with the organization. Unfortunately for the Kings, it has not translated into much success, as the team owns a 13\u201147 record and sits at the bottom of the Western Conference.<\/p>\n

The franchise appears headed toward a full rebuild, leaving Westbrook with little meaningful team success to play for. Even so, he has unquestionably outperformed his $3.6 million veteran\u2011minimum salary.<\/p>\n

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The 37\u2011year\u2011old is averaging 15.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 6.3 assists while shooting 43.1% from the field and 33.8% from beyond the arc across 56 games. He has\u00a0remained\u00a0effective late into his career because his pace,\u00a0physicality\u00a0and ability to pressure the rim still create advantages that few guards can consistently generate on the offensive end.<\/p>\n

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Sacramento Kings guard Russell Westbrook.\u00a9 Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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As the Kings prepare for their game on Thursday against the Dallas Mavericks<\/a>, they\u00a0are\u00a0coming off a 31\u2011point\u00a0road\u00a0loss to the Houston Rockets<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Westbrook had one of his more efficient outings of the season in that game, scoring 22 points on 10\u2011of\u201119 shooting while adding five rebounds and three assists. He committed just two turnovers in 25 minutes, giving Sacramento a rare bright spot\u00a0on\u00a0an otherwise difficult night.<\/p>\n

However,\u00a0it appears Westbrook\u00a0will not have the chance to build on that performance. Sacramento\u00a0announced its injury report<\/a> for Thursday\u2019s game and\u00a0immediately\u00a0ruled him out with a right thigh contusion.<\/p>\n

This is the first time he has appeared on the injury report with this issue, and it is unclear when it occurred. His status will continue to be\u00a0monitored\u00a0in the coming days.<\/p>\n

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Even with this latest setback, the\u00a0remainder\u00a0of the season is\u00a0largely a\u00a0lost one for Westbrook. He has built a decorated\u00a0legacy\u00a0across 18 NBA<\/a> seasons as the league\u2019s all\u2011time leader in triple\u2011doubles.<\/p>\n

He is also a nine\u2011time All\u2011Star, two\u2011time scoring champion, nine\u2011time All\u2011NBA\u00a0selection\u00a0and former league MVP. Yet despite suiting up for seven organizations, he has still not captured an NBA title.<\/p>\n

He will not win one this year with Sacramento out of contention, and although he has\u00a0indicated\u00a0he intends to play again next season, the window to chase that final accomplishment is narrowing.<\/p>\n

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The Kings and Mavericks meet at 8:30 p.m. ET Thursday in Dallas.<\/p>\n

Related: Russell Westbrook Shares NBA Retirement Update Before 18th Season<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Feb 26, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sacramento Kings guard Russell Westbrook has been a solid veteran presence in his first year with the organization.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[7015,7006,662,7004,6662,121,123,128,122,91356,2498],"class_list":{"0":"post-195777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-dallas-mavericks","9":"tag-houston-rockets","10":"tag-keegan-murray","11":"tag-malik-monk","12":"tag-russell-westbrook","13":"tag-sacramento","14":"tag-sacramento-headlines","15":"tag-sacramento-kings","16":"tag-sacramento-news","17":"tag-thigh-contusion","18":"tag-western-conference"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}