Russell Westbrook Inks Three- Year, $85M Extension With OKC- blogged by @niksofly Wednesday night, the #OklahomaCityThunder and #RussellWestbrook reached a deal that will garner Westbrook $85M over the next three years. Westbrook will officially sign the extension with #OKC on Thursday. #TheVertical reported early Wednesday that the proposed deal would include a player option in year three allowing Westbrook to dabble in free agency in 2018. Per league sources, the structure of the extension gives Westbrook a maximum salary of $26.5 M in the 2016-17 season. Each season thereafter the #Thunder will have to pay Westbrook on average, $2M more throughout the duration of the contract. Can we say #BALLIN?!! 🏀🏀🏀 #BallerificSports #BallerAlert

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