Fox Sports: Sebastian Telfair All-NBA worst team

cpfsf · Post #1 » by **cpfsf** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:56 pm

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/8718070/Handing-out-the-best-and-worst-awards-for-08-09

All-NBA worst (possible starters) team

F -- Darko Milicic, Memphis Grizzlies: He'll always be an underachiever until he leaves.
F -- Shelden Williams, Sacramento Kings: Forward or center, he's just not very good.
C -- Johan Petro, Oklahoma City Thunder: He might not start, but he'll play a lot.
G -- Marcus Williams, Golden State Warriors: Or DeMarcus Nelson, doesn't matter.
G -- Sebastian Telfair, Minnesota Timberwolves: He isn't likely to ever do much.

Devilzsidewalk · Post #2 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:12 pm

he's not a starter or possible starter though

shrink · Post #3 » by **shrink** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:18 pm

If they're friends, Mark Madsen will be giving Telfair a hard time all week.

Post #4 » by **Calinks** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:24 pm

LOL, he's not even starting.

Wingman · Post #5 » by **Wingman** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:06 pm

Thats a dumb topic, worst starters. But I totally agree with their choice for worst defensive player.

TMo519 · Post #6 » by **TMo519** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:19 pm

Just shows how much people really even know about our team....*sigh*

4ho5ive · Post #7 » by **4ho5ive** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:29 pm

Its not even that really. FoxSports.com consistently proves time and time again that they have no knowledge of the sport of basketball. Whether it comes to Minnesota or big market teams, they are always the worst when it comes to articles and stuff like that. Im not even mad, i find it hilarious.

I hope Rev doesnt read the "Worst Rookie" part

Devilzsidewalk · Post #8 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:07 pm

I think Casey wrote this article

Post #9 » by **Basti** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:26 pm

^ nah he'd praise the Blazers as well

4ho5ive · Post #10 » by **4ho5ive** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:32 pm

Well this guy DID pick Oden for ROY and LMA for MIP....

casey · Post #11 » by **casey** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:29 pm

Damn, was it that obvious?

Post #12 » by **Basti** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:50 pm

4ho5ive wrote:Well this guy DID pick Oden for ROY and LMA for MIP....

my bad

southern wolf · Post #13 » by **southern wolf** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:27 am

Bassy could start if Foye goes down, but there are far worse possible starting gaurds than him if they're gonna count back-ups. Any player scraping onto a list could POSSIBLY start.

cpfsf · Post #14 » by **cpfsf** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:17 pm

Any player that is a frequent d-leaguer or a late second round pick should be on the list instead.

Post #15 » by **revprodeji** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 4:24 pm

that article was horrible.

kandiking · Post #16 » by **kandiking** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:42 pm

I don't trust anyone who calls shaq the "most underachieving hall of famer ever"

miltk · Post #17 » by **miltk** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:33 am

Calinks3 wrote:LOL, he's not even starting.

He's that bad ALREADY???

Devilzsidewalk · Post #18 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:45 pm

miltk wrote:
Calinks3 wrote:LOL, he's not even starting.

He's that bad ALREADY???

define "that bad" and "already" - he's an NBA player for sure, but he's been the same player since he came into the league and is not ready to start

I look at him like Rafer Alston - great speed and ball handling skills, but probably won't be a reasonable starter until his late 20's because he's painfully slow at developing his game as he needs a reliable perimeter shot for going on 5 years now. You can't start an offensive and defensive liability, you have to give the team something positive. Rafer is still a weak finisher, but his outside shot is half-decent, he's learned to run an offense, keep the turnovers low, he's fast, and his defense is passable and he's reduced his fouling. To catch up to Alston - a borderline starting PG - Telfair needs to improve his 3 point shot by about 7 percentage points (huge gap) and reduce his fouling and shore up his defense.

He can do it, he's got the skills and there are some positives to his game like his respectable Assist to turnover ratio, but when he shows up every year to training camp with no noticeable on-court improvement, then it leaves little space for optimism.

And that's his whole thing, he's young, he came in as a high school kid, and he's supposed to have massive potential, but the reality is that he hasn't improved that much in 4 years. Stars don't spend the first 4 years of their career showing no improvement.