Player Profile: Sebastian Telfair

Player Profile: Sebastian Telfair

This latest player profile will feature 3rd string PG Sebastian Telfair. Telfair came over at the trade deadline in February from the Clippers in the 3 team trade that brought over Antawn Jamison from the Wizards.

“Bassy” averaged 10 points & 3 assists on 46% shooting for the Cavaliers, averaging over 19 minutes per contest in the 4 games he did appear in.

Sebastian Telfair

6′0 PG

25 yrs old/Abraham Lincoln High School (New York)

‘10-’11 Salary: 2,700,000

Contract Status: 1 year left at $2.7 M.

Receiving a lot of hype coming to the pros right out of high school in the 2004 draft class, “Bassy” didn’t exactly pan out how Portland thought he would. He was traded to Boston after 2 seasons, then dealt to Minnesota in the Kevin Garnett trade. When he came over from the Clippers in the 3 team trade that brought Antawn Jamison over, the Cavaliers became his 5th team in 6 seasons in the league.

Telfair is best known as a great ball handler and has proved to be a much better distributor than a scorer. He has the quickness to get to the rim, but needs to finish with more consistency. He is, however, a good pick & roll player, especially passing out of it, but lacks a consistent jump shot to keep the opposition honest. Bassy has the quickness to stay with his man defensively, but doesn’t always show it, and has been prone to show a lack of fundamentals at times. Some college ball with the right coach would have done him wonders.

Bassy is just 24, so he’s still young & has room to grow, but he has gotten chances to prove himself in the past. He is, however, on his 5th team already, and the constant change of scenery, along with his injury history, could have stunted his growth quite a bit. It’ll be interesting to see what the Cavs do with him. He’s best suited for an uptempo team, but is stuck behind Mo Williams & Boobie Gibson, and his decent sized expiring contract could be helpful in a potential deal.

Career Bests:

Bassy set career bests last season in:

• FG% (.413). Previous Best: .401
• TOPG (1.2). Previous Best: 1.3
• PFPG (1.7). Previous Best: 1.8
• Turnovers (50). Previous Best: 98
• Personal Fouls (71). Previous Best: 120

Career Worsts:

Bassy set career worsts last season in:

• Games Played (43). Previous Worst: 60
• Games Started (1). Previous Worst: 26
• MPG (15.3). Previous Worst: 19.6
• 3pt% (.232). Previous Worst: .246
• ORPG (0.1). Previous Worst: 0.2
• DRPG (0.9). Previous Worst: 1.2
• RPG (1.0). Previous Worst: 1.4
• PPG (4.8). Previous Worst: 6.1
• Minutes (659). Previous Worst: 1330
• FGM (83). Previous Worst: 169
• FGA (201). Previous Worst: 430
• 3ptM (13). Previous Worst: 17
• 3ptA (56). Previous Worst: 69
• FTM (29). Previous Worst: 78
• FTA (37). Previous Worst: 105
• Steals (24). Previous Worst: 35
• Offensive Rebounds (5). Previous Worst: 10
• Defensive Rebounds (40). Previous Worst: 91
• Rebounds (45). Previous Worst: 104
• Assists (126). Previous Worst: 218
• Points (208). Previous Worst: 460

Career Milestones:

Bassy is:

• 8 Games Played away from 400
• 264 Minutes away from 9,500
• 21 3ptM away from 250
• 37 FTM away from 600
• 1 Block away from 50
• 1 Offensive Rebounds away from 100
• 60 Defensive Rebounds away from 600
• 61 Rebounds away from 700
• 416 Points away from 3,500

Fun Fact:

If Telfair remains on the roster this coming season, it will be the 14th consecutive season where the Cavaliers will have at least 1 player on the roster that did not attend college in the States.

Player Profile: Sebastian Telfair

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