Today (30th), news came out that Oklahoma Thunder star Russell Westbrook, who won MVP last season and No. 1 team of the year, has agreed to the Thunder's max salary extension contract with a total of US$205 million (about NT$6.15 billion) in five years, and it also surpassed the Golden State Warriors Stephen Curry signed with the team for 201 million this summer, becoming the largest contract in the history of NBA.
According to ESPN, this contract will be executed from the 2018-19 season, and Westbrook has the right to choose players in the last year. Westbrook's agency had negotiated with the Thunder at midnight Taiwan time. It was originally expected to be announced after the team's public itinerary on Monday, but Westbrook appeared in the practice stadium on Saturday and said that this was the day it should be announced.
The Thunder official later publicly confirmed that he had signed a multi-year extension contract with the star. "We are really lucky to have players like Russell, competitors and people like wearing Thunder jerseys." Thunder general manager Sam Presti said: "It is special to have him in Oklahoma City's 10th season to continue as a leader here."
Westbrook said it is a great honor to have such affirmation. Apart from here, he will not go anywhere else. He also wrote on social media: "When you are here, you can play in front of the best fans in the world. I look forward to bringing everything I can to the team, the city and the team. Why not?"
An interesting thing is that Kevin was last August last year in Kevin last August. Next month after Durant announced his signing with Warriors , Westbrook and the Thunder reached an agreement to extend the contract of three years, and this time it was announced that it would extend the contract with the team on Durant's birthday.
