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Editor's note: This story was updated on Jan. 21, 2013 to include recent statistics and quotations. Jamal Crawford is an All-Star. It might seem unconventional. It might seem unbelievable. But the Clippers’ reserve guard and leading Sixth Man of the Year candidate has more than a worthy case. The Clippers own the second best record in the NBA, a half game behind the Oklahoma City Thunder. Crawford is the team’s second leading scorer (16.7 points per game). and also ranks thir

Jamal Crawford stands on the dock behind his South Seattle home and peers out at Lake Washington. He points to a house across the water. “My dream house,” he says, smiling. As a teenager, Crawford used to fantasize about buying the house across the water. That was how he made his crazy aspiration tangible. If he made it to the NBA, he could afford it. Money wasn’t the only motivator, though. There was something liberating about living on the other side of the lake. It was dis