Denver Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook declined his $3.4-million player option and will become an unrestricted free agent on June 30, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Friday.
Denver is $10.6 million below the second apron with 12 players under contract after Westbrook declined his option, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks.
The former MVP recently announced that he underwent surgery to repair two broken bones in his right hand.