European reporters broke the news that Israeli giant Hapoel Tel Aviv was going to make a huge contract to rob Westbrook

Westbrook signed a 1+1 contract with the Nuggets last offseason and has a player option for the second year.

European reporters broke the news that Israeli giant Hapoel Tel Aviv was going to make a huge contract to rob Westbrook

European basketball journalist Nemanja Žorič broke the news that Hapoel Tel Aviv has made initial contact with the Westbrook team, and pointed out that the team plans to propose a huge contract for a sum that has never been seen in European basketball history.

Westbrook played 75 games in the NBA regular season this season, starting 36 games with 13.3 points, 4.9 points and 6.1 assists, and has an annual salary of about $3.3 million this year, according to the rules, before the June 29 deadline US time, he has to choose whether to exercise the player option, and if the player option is exercised, the annual salary next season will be about $3.4 million.

However, as the salary space increases year by year, there is speculation that even if Westbrook is willing to keep the Nuggets with a base salary, he will still jump out of his contract and re-sign a base salary to get a higher salary.

In fact, Hapoel Tel Aviv had a record of signing NBA players last year, and veteran ball-handling Patrick Beverley said last summer that Hapoel Tel Aviv offered him a historic contract to leave the United States and return to European basketball.