East Contender Joins Free Agency Pursuit of Nuggets' Russell Westbrook originally appeared on Athlon Sports. It has been an interesting offseason for the Denver Nuggets thus far as they try to upgrade their roster and compete for another championship next season.

Westbrook could provide a spark off the bench for New York. In 75 appearances with the Nuggets last season, he averaged 13.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.4 steals per game while shooting 44.9 percent from the field and 32.3 percent from three-point territory.

Russell Westbrook is no longer in his prime when he was the 2017 MVP. That said, the future Hall of Famer is still a very productive guard who finished last se