NBA’s Russell Westbrook Retiring From Basketball: Michael B. Jordan Video
Michael B. Jordan and Raye Escape for a Day Out at Six Flags Together
Russell Westbrook‘s career is pointing in a new direction.
The NBA point guard—who made his name balling for the Oklahoma City Thunder across 11 seasons—announced he’s retiring from the league after 18 years, with the help of friend Michael B. Jordan.
“Sometimes you don’t even know when you’ve already watched the end,” Westbrook captioned the Aug. 12 video narrated by the Sinners actor that revisited his storied career. “You had to be there. And now it’s over.”
And the announcement was an affair as flashy as Westbrook’s fashion sense, visualizing the athlete’s greatest career achievements in “The Museum of Unspoken Answers.” Alongside earning a 2017 MVP title and winning a 2012 Olympic Medal in London, Westbrook notably possesses the record for scoring the most triple-doubles in NBA history.
And the 37-year-old—first drafted by the Seattle Sonics before they relocated to Oklahoma—nodded to what he feels is the most important part of his legacy by the end of the artsy short film directed by Sean Kelly.