Russell Westbrook, the NBA's all-time leader in career triple-doubles, ended his professional basketball career Wednesday with a post on social media. The NBA's leader in career triple-doubles announced his retirement with a social media post Wednesday afternoon, writing alongside a career highlight video, "Sometimes you don't even know when you've already watched the end."

Westbrook was drafted by Seattle with the fourth pick in the 2008 draft and began his career in Oklahoma City, where he won the 2017 Most Valuable Player award and became the second player in NBA history to average a triple-double. He earned nine All-Star appearances, nine All-NBA selections, and two scoring titles across his 18-year career.

After spending the first 11 seasons with the Thunder, Westbrook's career continued with the Rockets, Wizards, Lakers, and Clippers before he signed a contract with the Nuggets for the 2024-25 season. He averaged 13.3 points, 6.1 assists, 4.9 rebounds, and 1.4 steals as a key reserve in his lone season in Denver.

Westbrook helped the Nuggets defeat the Clippers in a first-round series before coming up short in a seven-game defeat to the eventual champion Thunder. Denver did not bring him back for a second year, and he finished his career in Sacramento, retiring at 37 years old with 209 career triple-doubles — 11 more than Nikola Jokic's current tally.

Whether Westbrook's record will stand as Jokic continues his own career remains the next milestone to watch in this chapter of NBA history.