After just watching part of the Sebastian Telfair documentary of his senior year of high school all the way to the NBA draft, it shows how fine a line it is to become an NBA star or potentially playing pro ball in Europe.  What I took out of this was, it made me wonder how the new basketball players turn out the way they do.  One of the reasons the new hot-shot basketball stars become self-centered, non-team players is because that’s the way they’ve played their entire lives and they never had to change.  The documentary puts Telfair in a pretty good light, showing his charismatic side, his patience with fans by signing autographs, taking his celebrity status very well for someone his age, showing him to being a determined high school player, and above all else being a decent person.  The one thing about the young stars that I find amazing is how they have absolutely no idea who the players from the past are.  One basketball guru points out to Telfair that he reminds him of Isiah Thomas, and that Telfair can perhaps be as good as Isiah one day and also take claim as the best NBA player under 6’1” ever.  Telfair hardly knew who Isiah Thomas was, all he could say was that he saw some clips of him on tape.  Geez, don’t these kids ever watch ESPN Classic or anything?  I mean Isiah Thomas is only an NBA Hall of Famer, and only your cousin’s boss for crying out loud.  The second thing is Telfair’s propensity to call everyone “son.”  Well Telfair, hopefully for yourself and for Adidas, that you become a better team player than your cousin Stephon Marbury, and that you can learn from his mistakes.

Read More | NBA.com