Russell Westbrook has fired agent Thad Foucher after ‘irreconcilable differences’
On Friday night, longtime agent Thad Foucher announced to ESPN that he and Los Angeles Lakers player Russell Westbrook had mutually decided to separate ways.
Reasons for the separation have been cited as irreconcilable differences.
Foucher remarked, “I represented Russell Westbrook for 14 years and am proud of our partnership which included a highly successful 2008 draft, a super-max contract and the only renegotiation-and-extend max contract in history, I also supported Russell throughout his rise into a prominent fashion industry figure and recently orchestrated three successive trades on Russell’s behalf – culminating with the trade to his hometown Los Angeles Lakers.”
Foucher remarked, “I represented Russell Westbrook for 14 years and am proud of our partnership which included a highly successful 2008 draft, a super-max contract and the only renegotiation-and-extend max contract in history, I also supported Russell throughout his rise into a prominent fashion industry figure and recently orchestrated three successive trades on Russell’s behalf – culminating with the trade to his hometown Los Angeles Lakers.”
At the end of the 2022-23 NBA season, Westbrook will be a free agent and can choose to sign whatever contract he wants. He currently has one year left on his $47 million max contract. Despite being a nine-time all-star and a former NBA MVP, future with the Lakers is murky due to trade rumours. His one and only season playing with superstars LeBron James and Anthony Davis, who each appeared in 40 games, was a mixed bag.
According to Foucher, “Unfortunately, irreconcilable differences exist as to his best pathway forward and we are no longer working together,” and the two parties are no longer working together. Have the best of luck to Russell and his loved ones.