{"id":265930,"date":"2026-04-13T18:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/265930\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:36:10","slug":"russell-westbrook-addresses-interest-in-re-signing-with-sacramento-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/265930\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Westbrook Addresses Interest in Re-Signing with Sacramento Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Future Hall of Famer Russell Westbrook was a late addition to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/sacramento-kings\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"317\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Sacramento Kings<\/a> roster ahead of the 2025-26 NBA season, signing a one-year deal in October. As he now prepares to enter NBA free agency again, a return could be on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters at his final press conference following Sunday\u2019s regular-season finale, Westbrook said that he\u2019ll play for the Kings again next season if he\u2019s wanted back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019m welcomed back, then I\u2019ll be back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russell Westbrook on potentially re-signing with the Sacramento Kings via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SeanCunningham\/status\/2043732510711132640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Sean Cunningham<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Russell Westbrook stats (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3468\/russell-westbrook\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">2025-26<\/a>): 15.2 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 6.7 APG<\/p>\n<p>When Westbrook signed with Sacramento, the expectation was that he\u2019d serve as the backup point guard behind free-agent signing Dennis Schroder. However, the 37-year-old guard eventually overtook Schroder as Sacramento\u2019s starter.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time since his 21-game stint with the Los Angeles Clippers back in the 2022-23 campaign, Westbrook averaged 15-plus points per game this season. He also finished with his highest total in three-pointers made per game (2.0) since the 2016-17 season with the Oklahoma City Thunder.<\/p>\n<p>Westbrook seemed to be very well-liked in the locker room and his veteran presence certainly proved beneficial for young players like Dylan Cardwell, Maxime Raynaud and Nique Clifford.<\/p>\n<p>Given the possibility of the Kings landing a cornerstone guard with a top pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, re-signing Westbrook could be the perfect way for the franchise to help ease the rookie along on a rebuilding team. Plus, given the lack of interest Westbrook drew in NBA free agency last summer, returning on a one-year minimum contract is a real possibility.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5578.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tMatt  Johnson  is  Senior  Editor  of  NFL  and  College  Football  for  Sportsnaut.  His  work,  including  weekly  NFL  and  college  &#8230; More about <a class=\"more-bio\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/author\/wisconsinboymakesgoodincali\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Future Hall of Famer Russell Westbrook was a late addition to the Sacramento Kings roster ahead of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,128,122],"class_list":["post-265930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-kings","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265930","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=265930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}