NBA Star Index: Russell Westbrook is averaging a triple-double again, but everyone has stopped caring

Also, Kevin Durant was perfect in his return and Nikola Jokic is making life easy on Aaron Gordon

Welcome back to the NBA Star Index -- a weekly gauge of the players who are most controlling the buzz around the league. Reminder: Inclusion on this list isn't necessarily a good thing. It simply means that you're capturing the NBA world's attention. Also, this is not a ranking. The players listed are in no particular order as it pertains to the buzz they're generating. This column will run every week through the end of the regular season.  If you haven't noticed, Russell Westbrook is averaging a triple-double again. It was once enough to win him the 2017 MVP. It's not to compare the player Westbrook is now to the player he was when he willed the Oklahoma City Thunder to the playoffs as a No. 6 seed in the aftermath of Kevin Durant's defection. But there was a time when we would've been enamored with the numbers alone. Context wouldn't have mattered. That time has passed.  Now nobody cares about Westbrook's 21.8 points, 10.6 assists and 10.5 rebounds a night. The only numbers we care about are the Washington Wizards' 18-32 record and the fact they are 4.7 points worse per 100 possessions when Russ is on the floor, the worst mark on the team for anyone who's played at least 300 total minutes.