It’s really easy to blame Russell Westbrook for stuff for some reason. Michael Malone was fired. This came back to Westbrook somehow. Great.

Russell Westbrook will likely look for a new team in the summer after a sour end to his Denver Nuggets' tenure.

Recently fired coach Michael Malone stuck with Westbrook, but interim head coach David Adelman appears to have a different approach. On Wednesday night, Adelman played Westbrook for 17 minutes. In Westbrook's place was Jalen Pickett, the 25-year old in his second year out of a college career spent at Siena and Penn State. Pickett played 31 minutes.