"They got Russ and PG and Steven Adams to be their Big 3. I think if they feed off each other, it could be great. I'm a fan of the game. So I can see if something is going to work or not and I think that's going to be a really, really great pairing. It's going to suck for us and the rest of the league. But as a fan of the game, it's going to be tight to see how they work that thing out."

In an exclusive interview with Anthony Slater of The Athletic (which you can read here ), Durant was asked about the changes around the NBA this summer, from Chris Paul going to Houston to his former Thunder teammate getting a new running mate in George. Said Durant:

Fresh off a trip from India, former Thunder forward Kevin Durant has a positive take on the potential potency of Russell Westbrook and Paul George.

No matter how he feels about the challenge Westbrook and George present, Durant and Golden State still figure to be the dominant force in the league this season. The Warriors rolled through the playoffs 16-1 and will return its top six players, including All-NBA players Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.

In a Sports Illustrated story from June, George said Durant sold him on the positives of the Thunder. “KD was like, ‘That place will blow you away,’” George told SI.com's Lee Jenkins. “He told me, ‘They can offer what other teams can’t in terms of the people and the preparation and the facility, down to the chefs and the meals.’ He was pretty high on them."

Durant told The Athletic that exchange with George didn't get deep into his former organization.

"Nah, me and PG didn't talk much about the organization at all," Durant said. "I texted him congrats and told him he was going to love it there. It's just a matter of what type of team they're going to be, who's going to do what, who is going to step up."