{"id":112039,"date":"2025-08-26T19:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/112039\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T19:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:52:09","slug":"russell-westbrook-plays-basketball-on-yacht-in-ig-video-amid-nba-free-agency-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/112039\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Westbrook Plays Basketball on Yacht in IG Video Amid NBA Free Agency Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Veteran point guard Russell Westbrook remains a free agent, but he&#8217;s committed to keeping up his game even while on vacation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Westbrook posted a video on Instagram getting shots up in a solo workout while on a yacht:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Westbrook spent the 2024-25 season with the Denver Nuggets and became a free agent earlier this summer after\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25180040-russell-westbrook-reportedly-declines-35m-nuggets-contract-option-free-agency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">declining<\/a>\u00a0his $3.5 million player option. He averaged 13.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 6.1 assists across 75 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">It was <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25225126-russell-westbrook-reportedly-admired-kings-contract-unlikely-due-crowded-roster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">reported last month<\/a> that the Sacramento Kings brass admired Westbrook, but a deal for him was unlikely after the team already signed veteran point guard Dennis Schr\u00f6der to a\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25178600-dennis-schroder-kings-reportedly-agree-45m-contract-amid-russell-westbrook-rumors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">three-year, $45 million<\/a>\u00a0deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Wherever he ends up, it&#8217;s clear that Westbrook is staying ready so he can make an impact with his next team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran point guard Russell Westbrook remains a free agent, but he&#8217;s committed to keeping up his game even&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-112039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}