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Warriors’ Klay Thompson on Jamal Murray: “You don’t want to put your whole future at risk” to rush return

Nobody knows the stress Jamal Murray’s gone through quite like Klay Thompson.

He knows the mental weight of being isolated, the physical toll of the rehab itself, and the awful perspective of having to watch, helplessly, as your team struggles without you.

“It’s the worst feeling as a competitor,” Thompson told The Post in the middle of Denver’s first-round series against Golden State. “It’s really the worst.”

“That’s such an unfortunate feeling,” Thompson continued. “I would just tell Jamal to keep in mind the big picture. He’s got a decade of greatness ahead of him. No need to compromise that now.