Telfair likely to be released by Celtics

[Spectrum]

Report: Celtics likely to release PG Telfair

April 24, 2007
BOSTON (Ticker) - It appears the Boston Celtics are prepared to sever ties with point guard Sebastian Telfair, who was arrested on a gun possession charge last Friday.

Telfair averaged 6.1 points and 2.8 assists this past season for the Celtics after being acquired from the Portland Trail Blazers for a first-round pick last June.

"We have removed Sebastian's nameplate from his locker in Waltham," Celtics managing partner Wyc Grousbeck wrote in an e-mail to the Boston Globe. "The facts and circumstance of his case have not been determined but he does not have a Celtics locker and we do not anticipate that he will."


Telfair, 21, was charged with second-degree possession of a handgun and driving with a suspended license after being stopped for speeding on a Yonkers, New York highway last Friday. He pleaded not guilty to the charges at Yonkers City Court.

Telfair's brief NBA career has been marred by controversy. In February 2006, Telfair was suspended two games without pay for violating the NBA's firearms policy.

Telfair brought a handgun on the Portland team plane after a February 11 game in Boston. A flight attendant discovered the gun inside of Telfair's handmade pillow during a trip from Boston to Toronto.

Local authorities in Massachusetts accepted Telfair's explanation that he had grabbed his girlfriend's bag by mistake when he left for the team's flight.

Telfair was a lottery pick of the Trail Blazers in 2004 after starring at Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, New York.

 

[Rollie_Fingaz]

he blew a big one

 

[Havoc]

Seems like it was just yesterday he had a special on ESPN...

 

[Rollie_Fingaz]

You know, I've had some time to marinate on this.

The best situation for Bassy would have been for him to get signed as a backup point guard, preferrably behind a seasoned veteran. Sam Cassell would have been an ideal situation. But Sam is a backup himself/

I think that he would be a good fit for Phoenix.

Now before people rip me apart, think about this. He would ride the pine and it would teach him humility. But he would be practicing with the MVP and someone that can teach him how to play the point the right way.

Let him deal with that for a year and see what happens.

 

[RunawaySlave]

What he needs to do is go back to college.....or rather
GO to college and learn how to learn

He has all the talent in the world. He just needs to learn
how to use it

and while he's there, pick up a how to manual for his cousin too.
Damn shame that NY point guards can't get any shine in the pros
anymore

 

[RunawaySlave]

The sad (and ironic) thing about Telfair is that if he HAD gone
to college, he'd be coming out now (or next year) and he would
be a SURE FIRE lottery pick. Moreso than Oden or the other
dude

It's ironic because his star has faded out, when it COULD'VE
been just starting to shine


It's what happens when you settle for that fast money

 

[cranrab]

hey, the fakers need a new scapegoat at PG.

they could pick up sebastian telfair for league minimum.