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Jamal Crawford had nothing but good words to say about his former teammate in the Los Angeles Clippers, Chris Paul.

Crawford believes Paul is the reason why the Oklahoma City Thunder became a playoff team this season.

“Chris is one of the best point guards to ever play basketball. If he never plays another game, right… what’s he now? And I told him this: This team is one of your biggest feats. They’re not supposed to be where they are currently.

They’re supposed to be rebuilding, we traded away out two best players, and we’re still young… all that. But when you’re around Chris, he’s always going to get the best out of the team.

So it doesn’t shock me that they’re in this position and it doesn’t shock me that they’re playing this well,” Crawford told Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson of Heavy.com.