[Lefty Noob]

Sebastian Telfair of the Boston Celtics has been arrested and charged with felony firearms possession. According to the Boston Herald, "The Celtics [team stats] guard was arrested early yesterday morning in New York and charged with second-degree possession of a weapon - a felony - after police found a loaded .45-caliber handgun under the front seat of his 2006 Range Rover." The paper also quotes a team source as saying that he will not play for the Celtics again. So, that trade worked out real well for Boston, eh? Now who was the draft pick they gave up for him again?

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Sebastian Telfair of the Boston Celtics has been arrested and charged with felony firearms possession. According to the Boston Herald, "The Celtics [team stats] guard was arrested early yesterday morning in New York and charged with second-degree possession of a weapon - a felony - after police found a loaded .45-caliber handgun under the front seat of his 2006 Range Rover." The paper also quotes a team source as saying that he will not play for the Celtics again. So, that trade worked out real well for Boston, eh? Now who was the draft pick they gave up for him again?

That's a shame...and I think Ainge will take some heat for it...but if he gets Oden, all will be well in Bean town...

[Lefty Noob]

Telfair is gone. According to the AP, "The Boston Celtics are severing ties with guard Sebastian Telfair days after he was arrested in the New York area and charged with carrying a loaded gun in his car... Team managing partner Wyc Grousbeck said Telfair, the 13th pick in the 2004 draft and coming off a disappointing first season with the Celtics, would not be back with the team."

[EmpireWF]

You'd think the kid would have learned after his run ins with the law in recent years. A shame.

[MJHMarc]

He had such potential, and publicity.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by EmpireWF

You'd think the kid would have learned after his run ins with the law in recent years. A shame.

This trade should've never happened. Hope it's the final straw and they replace Ainge.

[ThePundit]

Wasn't there a documentary made about him?

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

Wasn't there a documentary made about him?

Yep...I saw it...thought the kid had a chance...I think the NBA needs some sort of program for High School kids jumping into the NBA...I know they have some seminars etc for them...but these are 18-19 yearolds coming from some bad backgrounds sometimes...and then they get millions etc and no guidance...maybe they should take 90% of the contract and throw it into a trust fund until 22 or something...give them the bulk of it when they have gain some maturity.

[Lefty Noob]

So what happens to Telfair now? Rumor has it he may wind up in Denver, Orlando or Minnesota.

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Telfair didn't belong in Boston
San Francisco Chronicle, CA - Apr 29, 2007
He's an undersized point guard. He's a (to be polite) marginal shooter. He can't guard.

He seems to have a recurrent handgun issue.

He also seems to have an expired driver's license issue and a wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time issue.

He is a soon-to-be-former Celtic, at least according to co-owner Wyc Grousbeck, who alerted the media via e-mail to the fact that Sebastian Telfair was not going to be a part of any Celtics' plans. "I wanted to let you know that we have removed Sebastian's nameplate from his locker in Waltham," Grousbeck wrote. "The facts and circumstances of his case have not yet been determined but he does not have a Celtics locker and we do not anticipate that he will."

Putting aside for a moment the inventive and unprecedented (around here, anyway) nature of the act of dismissal, one question remains:

What was Sebastian Telfair doing here in the first place?

"I still think he's going to be a productive NBA player," maintains Danny Ainge, who brought him here, "but it didn't work out for us."

The degree to which Telfair was a disappointment depends on how much you valued him in the first place. Ainge obviously valued him quite a lot. Telfair was the Boston centerpiece of a 2006 draft-day deal with Portland in which the Celtics sent Raef LaFrentz (and his gargantuan contract), Dan Dickau, and their first-round pick to the Trail Blazers for Telfair, Theo Ratliff (and both his bad back and his gargantuan contract), and a 2008 second-round pick.

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:34:54 GMT

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