You can find videos of Thursday’s various press conferences — Craig Smith, Sebastian Telfair, Mark Madsen, and Mike Dunleavy — at the Clippers site.
I caught up with Telfair afterwards for TrueHoop:
No kid in the history of high school athletics saw his young career chronicled with more fanfare than Sebastian Telfair. Ian O’Connor’s The Jump, and Jonathan Hock’s documentary Through the Fire both captured Telfair’s senior year at Abraham Lincoln High School in Coney Island, where Telfair was preparing himself to be basketball’s next great phenom. Before Telfair ever suited up in an NBA uniform — he was drafted 13th overall by Portland in the 2004 draft — he’d already secured a ten eight-digit endorsement deal with Adidas, and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
Thursday afternoon, Sebastian Telfair was introduced as a member of the Los Angeles Clippers, his fourth team in a five-year NBA career. The module on the front page of the Clippers’ website highlighting the press conference features a picture of Craig Smith — Telfair’s teammate in Minnesota, who was part of the deal between the T-Wolves and the Clippers. To find Telfair, you have to click on the hyperlink of the story, which will first take you to a video in which Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy refers to Telfair as his new backup point guard. Finally, in the video carousel below, you’ll find Telfair’s interview.
Expectations are among the most hardest things in life to manage, and Telfair’s attempts to live up to the hype surrounding his amateur career have been difficult. He’s still only 24, but his career 38.9 percent field goal percentage and 13.4 points per 40 minutes have relegated him to secondary status, at least for the time being.
Following his press conference with the Los Angeles media, Telfair addressed issues past and present:
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“he’d already secured a ten-digit endorsement deal with Adidas”
Are you implying he signed a billion dollar endorsement deal?!?
bootstrenf Reply:
July 24th, 2009 at 8:32 am
maybe they are counting the two digits in the cents column….that would be my best guess…
bootstrenf Reply:
July 24th, 2009 at 8:33 am
although, that would make the contract in the tens of millions, which is still way too much to pay for a player like bassy….
Kevin Arnovitz Reply:
July 24th, 2009 at 8:49 am
I’m just learning to count. It was a $12-$15M deal.
Posted on July 24th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Reminds me of Tyson Chandler. Clippers didn’t buy into his hype. But Chicago thought Chandler is better than Brand. What a contrast!
But when Clippers selected Livingston 4th overall. Telfair was available and they’re even considering him just in case Livingston wasn’t available.
Posted on July 24th, 2009 at 8:42 am
“The Clippers may cease being a suitor for Sessions if they cannot move the recently acquired Sebastian Telfair. That move also stopped their early pursuit of the free-agent point guard Allen Iverson, according to a team executive who was not allowed to publicly discuss the team’s dealings.” -NY Times
Posted on July 24th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Barron Davis asked Marbury for a shout out on twitter connecting to starbury’s live cam. I guess this cam is connected to Marbury’s bedroom 24/7
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/have-at-it
Posted on July 24th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Not having seen much of Telfair actually play in the NBA, all I’ve heard is that he has a reputation for being kind of a punk and a knucklehead, but his interviews always seem to suggest just the opposite. What’s the story with this kid?
Posted on July 24th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Hakim Warrick just became an UNRESTRICTED free agent. Let’s do it. He can play the 3.
Posted on July 24th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Clippers should offer BARON DAVIS to Bucks in a sign & trade deal inolving Ramon Sessions + whoever or future draft pick.
Posted on July 25th, 2009 at 10:07 am
whats going on with Stephen Jackson ? He can play the 3. Defense is better than Thornton’s .
hans Reply:
July 25th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
I’d rather have thornton than jack.
Jack CAN play defense. Though its hard to say considering the system they run (I live in warrior land and watch a lot of their games).
Also he’s like 31 and has 4 more years on a 10 mil a year ridiculous deal. He also is a complete chucker and barely shoots 40%. He might actually be a worse shooter than baron.
Posted on July 25th, 2009 at 10:57 am
We can send Baron Davis to GSW for Corey Maggette and Kaleina Azubuike.
That will make us real SOLID.
Ian Reply:
July 26th, 2009 at 2:37 am
shut yr mouth. u must b new to the nacion.
Posted on July 25th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Bucks Smart to play it safe. Read article:
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/bucks/51531337.html
Posted on July 25th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
I guess rubio isn’t going to play in the NBA this year. i wonder what they’d take for Rubio
Posted on July 25th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
I wouldn’t trade for Rubio. His head is up his arse.
Posted on July 27th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
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