We can only hope this player preview of the the controversial-in-hoops Russell Westbrook does not go the way of the Austin Rivers preview. To that end, it will “stick to basketball” in the vague, ambling, way you’ve come to expect.
There are few players in the NBA who have drawn more Dreamshake ire than new Rockets starting point guard Russell Westbrook (Steph Curry? Giannis? Karl Malone? Kobe Bryant?). None of those targets of wrath have also carried the hopes of a Rockets title season on their shoulders.