Kevin Durant Says Thunder Era with Westbrook, Harden Was Favorite Time of His Career

Kevin Durant won his championships with the Golden State Warriors and has starred for various teams, but the future Hall of Famer still looks back fondly on his early days with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

He was asked what his favorite era of his career was during an appearance on Boardroom's Aux Money and highlighted playing on the Thunder alongside Russell Westbrook and James Harden (56-minute mark).

"It has to be the OKC time period because it was like the entry point into all of this," he said. "That's like the foundation of everything. We were young and we were playing against dynasties. We were competing against the Lakers with Kobe when they won it back-to-back, Dallas when they won a championship, Miami with LeBron and D-Wade. That was the start of it all."

Durant played his rookie season in 2007-08 for the Seattle SuperSonics and then moved to Oklahoma City with the franchise.

He ended up playing the first nine seasons of his career on the franchise and helped build the Thunder into one of the best teams in the league during that stretch. OKC reached the 2012 NBA Finals and the Western Conference Finals in 2011, 2014 and 2016.

Unfortunately for the Thunder, they never got over the hump and won a championship.

Durant left to join the Warriors after the 2016 Western Conference Finals loss to that same team and ended up winning two championships alongside Stephen Curry and Co. He has since played for the Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns, while Westbrook and Harden have also played for multiple teams in the aftermath.

But they were all introduced to NBA fans as young playmakers on the Thunder and nearly took home the title on multiple occasions.