Durant: I've never stopped being friends with Westbrook

Kevin Durant thinks his apparent beef with Russell Westbrook is overblown.

The Golden State Warriors forward revealed that while he and Westbrook no longer talk, he doesn't believe their friendship has taken a huge hit over the last year.

"I don’t think we ever stopped being friends," Durant said on "The Bill Simmons Podcast." "We just stopped talking - but I don’t think we stopped being friends."

Durant's relationship with Westbrook reportedly took a turn for the worse after he signed with the Golden State Warriors last summer. Westbrook reportedly responded to the move by deleting the 6-foot-9 forward's goodbye text, leading Durant to admit their relationship would never "be the same again."

Despite what the rest of the NBA world may think, Durant doesn't believe there's any animosity between him and his former teammate at the moment.

"(We're) not talking, nah, but I mean, I don’t think any … there’s no problems," Durant said. "But I don’t think we ever stopped being friends."

Durant did his best to squash the supposed beef earlier this offseason, congratulating Westbrook after the 6-foot-3 guard took home MVP honors.