Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook see some similarities in the Los Angeles Lakers to their situation with the Oklahoma City Thunder when they had a burgeoning young core.

“You can tell they enjoy playing with each other. You can tell Luke Walton has come over there and changed the culture a bit,” Durant said. “I’ve been on a team like that. You’re young and just want to go out there and have fun with the game with no expectations. You’re just playing.”

The Thunder won just 20 games in Durant's second season which was when Westbrook was a rookie.

“It did wonders for me at that age, being around a bunch of guys that were just as hungry as me and wanting to win,” Durant said. “But when we lost games, we weren’t upset with ourselves. There weren’t any feuds. We knew it was a process.”

“They’ve been playing well,” Westbrook said of the Lakers.