After one year with the Nuggets, Westbrook has reportedly decided to hit free agency and play for another team. He will seek a contract from another NBA team. According to Mark Stein, Westbrook is expected to decline his player option and enter free agency. Stein: Russell Westbrook to decline player option; will enter free agency.

Few players in NBA history spark debate quite like the Nuggets Russell Westbrook. The 2016-17 MVP still has differing opinions from basketball fans around the world.

The Nuggets finished the regular season with a 50-32 record and pushed the NBA Finals-bound Oklahoma City Thunder to seven games in their second round playoff encounter. Denver was severely hampered by that seventh semifinal contest, with starting forwards Michael Porter Jr. and Aaron Gordon striving to play through major injuries.