Russell Westbrook prefers having Kevin Durant as his running mate rather than being the unquestioned top player.

"No, not at all, man," Westbrook said. "I love winning. Kevin's one of the best players in the world, man, and I love my position I'm in now.

"I think over the past four or five years, only maybe two teams have won more games than us — San Antonio and probably Miami," he continued.

"So, I mean, I don't think it gets too much better than that. I mean, you can be on your own and win a few games and then go home in the summer, but I'd rather win games and have a chance to win a championship every year."

The relationship between Westbrook and Durant has been questioned at times over the years.

"Do I think [media members] invented or inflated those issues? I'm not sure," Westbrook said. "But I know myself and Kevin always, always became closer and closer, regardless of what stories or what was made up about us. We've constantly became closer and closer, like brothers, and got through everything that was thrown our way, whether it was true or not true or things that were made up."

Westbrook has two seasons left on his contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder.