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30 points + 14 rebounds + 16 assists, goodbye Jokic! Westbrook s road is getting narrower and narrower, don t blame the NBA for being ruthless

4:40pm, 28 July 2025【Basketball】

NBA free agent trading market has been opened for several days, and many well-known stars are still waiting to be hired, such as Westbrook, Simmons, Payton Jr., Lyles, Brogdon, Boucher, Thomas Bryant, Coffey, Achuwa, Payne, Fultz, Clegg, Shamet, etc. These unemployed players are either old and have weak sex or have many problems. Improperity is the original sin. Westbrook is the most special and embarrassing person. He has won the MVP and has experienced displacedness. He deserves praise and can withstand slander. So, why has Westbrook been unable to get the offer? Let’s find out together.

30 points + 14 rebounds + 16 assists, Westbrook Jokic cherishes each other, and he turns back to last year's offseason. The Clippers' Gemini combination fell apart, and Westbrook could not escape the fate of being abandoned - he was first traded to the Jazz by the Clippers, and was then cut by the Jazz. In the end, Westbrook signed a veteran's basic salary contract with a total price of 1+1 with a total price of 6.8 million US dollars, and the second year was the player option. There are no troubles in the Denver Plateau with Los Angeles, only Jokic, the most Buddhist leader in NBA history, and Zhuge Malone, who knows and uses people well. Westbrook can finally be himself again. He does not disappoint his mission and frequently creates surprises. For example, in the fourth game of the season, Westbrook scored the first 20+ of the Nuggets' career on the Nets; on November 7, Westbrook scored 29 points + 6 rebounds + 7 assists; on January 30, Westbrook scored 14 points + 14 rebounds, setting a season high; on March 18, Westbrook contributed 12 points + 12 rebounds + 16 assists, setting a season high; on April 3, Westbrook scored 30 points + 11 rebounds + 6 assists, setting a season high.

All the season, Westbrook played 75 games for the Nuggets (36 starts), averaging 27.9 minutes per game, averaging 13.3 points + 4.9 rebounds + 6.1 assists + 1.4 steals per game; the Nuggets stopped in the Western Conference semi-finals, and Westbrook played 13 games, averaging 11.7 points + 3.7 rebounds + 2.6 assists per game. I don't deny that Westbrook failed in some nights due to some sexy operations, but we must also admit that Westbrook has performed best in the past five years with Jokic, showing his speed and passion, and even found some rationality and shooting accuracy. More importantly, Westbrook and Jokic are very compatible, and the two are sympathetic and have a very high understanding. In the words of fans, if Westbrook were not available, the Nuggets might not be able to pass the Clippers in the first round.

Goodbye Jokic, Westbrook's heart is higher than the sky and his life is thinner than paper

If Los Angeles is Westbrook's purgatory, you will know the cold and warmth; then Denver can definitely be regarded as Westbrook's utopia, extremely comfortable. However, before the free agent trading market opened, Westbrook made an amazing move, jumping out of the player option worth $3.3 million in the last year. At that time, many people thought Westbrook was putting pressure on the Nuggets: combined with Westbrook's output last season, he longed to be worthy of a bigger, longer and more decent contract. However, only after the player trading market opened, as the Nuggets successively strengthened Huang Zhong, Brown, Hardaway Jr. and Valan, Westbrook quietly unblocked the Nuggets on social media. It was not until this moment that many people suddenly realized that Westbrook might not return to Denver, and he might have been ready to say goodbye to Jokic.

Unfortunately, Westbrook's heart is higher than the sky and his life is thinner than paper. Lillard, who had a ruptured Achilles tendon, returned to the tearing city of Portland where the dream began, and Paul, who danced for the last time, also returned to Los Angeles, the peak of his career. In contrast, Westbrook, he is healthier than Lillard, and he is younger than Paul, but no one cares about it! Many people fantasize that Westbrook can return to the roots of the dream, but Oshima is the defending champion and full staff. According to our understanding of Westbrook, he will not join a team that has just eliminated himself. If we want to trace the root of the problem, the key is that Westbrook is a double-edged sword. The teams who compete for the championship dare not take the risk of signing him. The teams who play badly are worried that Westbrook will not lose enough of their fighting spirit!

Westbrook's road is getting narrower and narrower. Don't blame the NBA for being ruthless

Westbrook's NBA career is like an epic that never admits defeat, not believing in evil and refuses to accept his fate. From the score king of &MVP& during the Thunder period, he completed the feat of a season-average triple-double, to the fact that he was crowned the NBA history triple-double king after leaving the Thunder, & became the most displaced MVP in NBA history. Westbrook accepted the gorgeous turn from the maximum salary to the minimum salary, and also accepted the arrangement from the starter to the substitute. The ups and downs were filled with joy and sorrow. This is the most real NBA world. Success is only temporary, failure may be the main theme, don’t blame the NBA for being ruthless. At least from the current situation, although the NBA is big, Westbrook's career path is getting narrower and narrower until the end of his journey! Fans, what do you think about this? Let me leave me a comment and discuss it.