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Brooklyn's Lincoln High School won its 3rd PSAL championship in a row last night , defeating Cardozo High School, 74-65. The team was led by Sebastian Telfair, a six foot guard and New York's Mr. Basketball, who led the team with 25 points in the victory. Many people think Telfair, cousin of Stephon Marbury, will skip college and go to the NBA, but after the game, Telfair said, "I'm not sad that it's over because we won, and that's all that matters. But I enjoyed playing here, and being with my team. If I could play a couple more years of high school, I'd do it all over again." The team's next task is the state tournament.
Telfair is already a star (check out the gallery Newsday devotes to him), with Jay-Z, Foxy Brown, Spike Lee , and 12,018 other people in attendance at The Garden. Gothamist wonders if Telfair will be the next Kevin Garnett or the next Leon Smith.
If you're looking for some more mature action, the NCAA tournament starts today, Manhattan is ready, and Manhattan head coach Bobby Gonzalez is a hot prospect.
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bassy is bad ass, but not nba bound. a year in the ncaa will do him wonders.
Telfair is committed to Louisville next year and has said numerous times that he's looking forward to playing for Coach Pitino in the Big East next year (Louisville is set to join the Big East with 3 other C-USA teams for the '04-'05 season).
No guard (especially no point guard) has ever even attempted, much less successfully, made the transition from high school to the NBA and the prevailing wisdom is that such players need a year of conditioning against bigger bodies in college before they can make the leap. Even cousin Stephon spent a year at Georgia Tech.
If anyone could do it, I think Telfair's got the best shot but if I were him, I'd take the show to Kentucky for a year and then head to the Big Show.
i hope that he goes to college. i don't think 18 year olds in the nba is necessarily the best idea, but that's a whole other question. if there's a market for them, and it's okay by the nba, they should be allowed. it's probably not great for the game, or for the ones that don't make it, but it's up to the individual player. and if they get drafted by a team, then there's obviously some sort of demand.
as far as a guard that has gone to the nba, last time i checked kobe bryant was a guard and he didn't go to college. you can debate if that's a success story or not, but his nba career seems to be a success.
Kobe never played the point and didn't really flourish his first couple of years. Lebron started this year playing the point and did for the first 30 or so games and did very well and now that he's at the 2 he's doing even better.
LeBron is the true exception.
Bassy - go to school!
ah yes, bron bron. i tend to have a hazy memory with some details (i hit my head on my desk recently), but success, while unlikely, is possible.
Bashy, You made it this far, all I can say is keep moving toward your goal. Your a Phenominal Basketball player. You and my brother were head on in highschool he led Grady to there victory and you led lincoln to there victory. Good luck with everything!!! :-)
Signed, Slim :-p
Bashy, You made it this far, all I can say is keep moving toward your goal. Your a Phenominal Basketball player. You and my brother were head on in highschool he led Grady to there victory and you led lincoln to there victory. Good luck with everything!!! :-)
Signed, Slim :-p
he is my man I love him 2 death. He is a very good player and I hope he goes far in his career and I wish to go see him play one day
Go ahead boy you made it!! This is your dream bow take full control of it. I think you can go very far. Youre playin with people that you've always dreamed of playin with now show 'em what you got. You led Lincoln to their victory, now help Paul Pierce lead the Celtics. Good Job and keep it up.