Former NBA Most Valuable Player Russell Westbrook, who will launch his 18th season next week, has signed with the Sacramento Kings, the club announced Thursday.

Westbrook, 36, played the 2024-25 season with the Denver Nuggets, averaging 13.3 points, 6.1 assists and 4.9 rebounds in 75 games.

The Kings had been reported to be in contact with the nine-time All-Star since he became a free agent in June, after the Nuggets were eliminated in the Western Conference semi-finals by the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Westbrook, who holds the NBA record for most triple-doubles with 203 and led the NBA in scoring in 2015 and 2017, joins his seventh team since being drafted in 2008 by the Seattle Supersonics, which became the Thunder.

He has also played for the Houston Rockets, the Washington Wizards, the

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