RUSSELL WESTBROOK, THE ONLY CARRYING TOOL, ROCKETS

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James Harden has been assured that Rockets general manager Daryl Morey will be happy with Russell Westbrook in Houston.

With the signing of a deal for Russell Westbrook in the negotiations between the Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston GM Daryl Morey called James Harden to talk about how both stars could work together, and Harden told Morey. was said to use the following statements:

"I know how to play Russ, and he knows how to play with me."

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