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Russell Westbrook Uses Clever Verbal Trap to Avoid Answering Free Agency Question

Russell Westbrook guards Shai Gilgeous-Alexander during Game 7 of the Nuggets loss to the Thunder. | Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images

Russell Westbrook has a player option that gives him the ability to opt out of the final year of his contract with the Denver Nuggets this summer. Beat writer Vinny Benedetto of the The Denver Gazette asked Westbrook if he had a made a decision about his player option right after the team was eliminated in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals on Sunday. Westbrook responded by asking Benedetto if he knew what he was wearing tomorrow.

When the reporter said that he didn't know, Westbrook said "exactly" and left.

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