Remembering Russell Westbrook’s lone season with the Rockets

Russell Westbrook, we hardly knew ye.No, seriously. Russell Westbrook played one season with the Houston Rockets. So why does he feel like such an integral part of their recent past?There are likely a few reasons. Westbrook leaves a huge impression. It was also, at times (for reasons that were largely not his fault), painful to watch. Perhaps most importantly, his lone 2019-20 season as a Rocket was the final, dying gasp of the James Harden era.But James Harden didn’t retire (as of this wr