Friday, September 16th, 2011 at 9:15 am  |  69 responses

Sebastian Telfair Wants to Play for the Dallas Mavericks


Free agent Sebastian Telfair is tired of watching the NBA Playoffs on television, and would like to start participating in the postseason. Bassy tells CBS Sports that he wants to play for a championship contender: “Telfair just concluded his seventh NBA season, has yet to make a single playoff appearance and has only played in more than 60 games once in the last four years. A free agent, Telfair hopes all that changes next season. ‘I sure do have a list of teams in my mind,’ Telfair said. ‘Those teams being one of the teams to make a run for a championship or the teams that are fighting every year for a championship. Seeing Dallas win a championship, congratulations to them, but I’m jealous. I’m extremely jealous. Dallas is definitely on my list. They’ve got the gold right now. It’s not a bad thing in this league to want to go where the gold is. If you can compete and help the team win a championship, that’s one of the main focuses in the NBA.’ Aside from the Mavericks, Telfair clammed up a little bit as to who was on his radar. ‘The obvious teams,’ he finally allowed. ‘I won’t say any teams in particular, but the obvious teams.’ Asked what he would bring to a championship contender at this stage of his career, Telfair didn’t hesitate or elaborate: ‘I bring myself. I bring Sebastian Telfair.’”

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  • http://www.bulls.com Enigmatic

    Oh yeah, I remember Chris Thomas from Notre Dame. Dude was a killer.
    I remember his former teammate, Torin Francis. Same thing.
    Kid was considered the next big thing in high school by some, coulda went pro right after high school. Went to ND and fizzled out.
    There’s a lot of players like that.

  • MikeC.

    It should be the Mike Finley rule. He was tearing it up at Wisonsin in his Junior year, was projected to go top-10 and decided to go back for his Senior year. He played worse because teams designed their D to slow him down. Fin ended up slipping into the 20′s. His career turned out pretty well. Multiple All-Star and big payday from the Mavs. It could have gone the other way just as easily.

  • http://slamonline.com Tae

    Oh naw Lake, I like Blake backing up Fish just fine, although i still feel like we shoulda kept Farmar

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    Tae, I wasn’t a big Farmer guy myself. I see him as a specialty PG. Scorer, and tempo pusher. He is great as a backup or just as a 6th man, but his skills never showed me he deserved allot of money on a contender like the Lakers. I liked Blake until he became a Laker lol. He really did not perform this last season. I wouldn’t mind Bassy backing up Fish at all. If Blake pulls his ISH together, then i’m fine with him sticking around and backing up Fish.Blakes a skilled player, but he can’t be so timid and miss so many open shots if he’s gunna stick around. Also. Kobe and D-Wade should be tied at 95 or 96 and LeBron should only be 1 point higher than them.

  • MikeC.

    ^I think Blake will play better next season. I’ve read repeatedly that it takes a full season to grasp the Triangle. Blake will play better in a more usual offense.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    I hope so Mike, I honestly was tlaking high on dude coming in and then had all my friends laughing in my face lol. He played like S all season with the exception of 3 games. I think he’s a competent PG for the Lakes if he plays how he can. I didn’t understand why he sucked so bad on defense cause he used to be decent and thats usually an effort deal so i’m just hoping for the best cause i’m not counting on trades to be performed due to “financial issues.”

  • http://slamonline.com Tae

    Yea Lake u right Blake is good. He had a couple of games where he showed flashes but he’s too inconsistent. Kinda like Odom is sometimes, cus u know when Odom is goin, aint no beatin us

  • http://slamonline.com Tae

    Yea i commented on that in tha other thread. I’d give that 94 95 to Wade, Kobe and Bron 96. And i cant stand Lebron. But u know ur offensive awrness and def awrness make up a big chunk of ur overall. I’ll be damned if Lebron’s off awrness is higher or equal to Kobe’s

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    Tae, you know my thing, give me Kobe every day over LeBron and twice on every day, but you gotta show The King, with rings or not, raahspect because he is deadly most the time. LBJ’s overall athletic talent and the fact the he’s in his prime make him “better” than Kobe. Wade I would take over LBJ also. I like KB and D-Wades mindset over LBJ’s that much.

  • David Moore

    Telfair going to Dallas is NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!!

  • http://www.slamonline.com UNFROZEN CAVEMAN LAWYER

    ALL THIS FOR BASSY?

  • http://slamonline.com Tae

    Yea Lake i feel u. I would take Kobe and Wade over Lebron too. I think Wade has a edge over Lebron. 2k got it lookin like Lebron’s team lol

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    How come wade not showing up in a series is completely ignored even though Miami still managed to win the series, while LeBron struggled but Miami lost (showing whose more important, and better in the process) an that is the only thing that is focused on?l

  • UNKNOWN

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  • http://slamonline.com datkid

    lakeshow at some point you gotta recognize that wade is better than kobe right now lol

  • Bobby

    Now he is a prime example why most players should play college ball before going pro.

  • http://slamonline.com Tae

    Bobby thats bs

  • Marcel

    Go to Miami they want a pg

  • Kevin

    http://nbaplaybook.com/2011/05/05/how-j-j-barea-got-all-that-space/

    Q: How could Telfair possibly be a servicable pg in the NBA?

    A: Dirk Nowitzki

    he’s one of the few that’ll allow Bassy to do what he’s good at. might not be too shabby of an idea if Barea is gone, although the Mavs have this little Finnish kid who is similar

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGEK7USKl9M&feature=fvsr

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