Russell Westbrook, former Nuggets guard, joins Sacramento Kings in his 18th NBA season, report says

Former MVP Russell Westbrook is joining the Sacramento Kings Westbrook s agent Jeff Schwartz validated the deal to ESPN Schwartz did not right away respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press Related Articles Why Nuggets Cam Johnson is relieved to no longer be a visitor at Ball Arena David Adelman on Nuggets debut of Nikola Jokic-Jonas Valanciunas lineup It was hilarious to watch it on tape Nuggets vs Clippers Christian Braun Peyton Watson adding to their match in preseason Nuggets Journal Spencer Jones spends spare time teaching students who ve been through criminal justice system Nuggets testing the refs with more aggressive defense Nikola Jokic says The -year-old Westbrook is entering his th season in the league He s the all-time leader with triple-doubles and ranks th in NBA history with points and eighth with assists He holds career averages of points rebounds and assists The nine-time All-Star began his career with Oklahoma City and teamed up with Kevin Durant to help the Thunder become a league power After Durant left to join the Golden State Warriors Westbrook was named the league MVP the following season the first of his three straight averaging a triple-double He also won two scoring titles and two All-Star MVP awards before leaving the Thunder He has bounced around since having played for Houston Washington the Los Angeles Lakers Los Angeles Clippers and Denver Nuggets Westbrook averaged points rebounds and assists for Denver last season He remains beloved in Oklahoma City sometimes even being cheered at Thunder games during the Western Conference semifinals last season while playing for the Nuggets Want more Nuggets news Sign up for the Nuggets Insider to get all our NBA analysis