With superstar forward . Passing into the future In October 2013, Telfair signed a one-year deal with the Tianjin Ronggang of the Chinese Basketball Association. The Coney Island native became a star at Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, was a 2x NBA . [1][2] Telfair is the cousin of former NBA player Stephon Marbury. In the third part of the trilogy, Aaron Robinson highlights five big men who could be in for breakout seasons this year in the NBA! On July 20, 2009, Telfair was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers along with Craig Smith and Mark Madsen in exchange for Quentin Richardson. An 18-year-old basketball player comes of age in the Coney Island area of Brooklyn, New York. That's how we played in '96 and for sure in Coney Island." The model from Coney Island spoke to the Crossover about returning as the official trophy model for the 2nd annual NBA Awards, her upcoming . Starting at DeWitt Clinton in the Bronx, Tiny carved out a legendary career that saw him dominate the Rucker and the NBA, where he’s the only player to lead the League in points and assists in the same season. I know I didn't play up to everybody else's goals. The Coney Island community's reaction to the book was mixed and passionate. NBA today, we have 10 NBA Players like Zion Williamson, James Harden and more who have dated GORGEOUS Celebrities! . God Shammgod [24] The arrest was preceded by a traffic stop prompted when Telfair was spotted driving his 2006 Range Rover at 77 mph (124 km/h) on the Bronx River Parkway, a 45 mph (72 km/h) zone. by Coodie & Chike. Former Lincoln point guard Tiny Morton -- the school's current coach -- saw Telfair the summer before his freshman year. "He's going into his junior year in high school -- he's still a little boy -- and people are telling him he's a pro. "He's a classic case," one ACC assistant said. [12], On July 26, 2010, Telfair was traded back to the Minnesota Timberwolves, along with Delonte West, for Ramon Sessions and Ryan Hollins. "You don't change, but people change," he explains, "People act different around a person who's somebody. "What happened to Sebastian this summer can happen to anybody who's a member of this Class of 2004," said Dave Telep, a national recruiting analyst for TheInsidersHoops.com. There are no featured reviews for A Kid From Coney Island because the movie has not released yet (). That's a fact.". Ethan Telfair, the younger brother of former Lincoln high school basketball star and current NBA player Sebastian Telfair, was arrested Friday night in Coney Island on weapons and . He made five All-Star teams, was a member of the ’67 Philly title team and then was the 76ers’ coach when they won it all in ’83. Ethan Telfair, the younger brother of former Lincoln high school basketball star and current NBA player Sebastian Telfair, was arrested Friday night in Coney Island on weapons and . Mark Jackson Slam, the wildly popular urban, hip-hop basketball magazine, put Telfair on the cover along with rising Akron, Ohio, senior LeBron James. He was The Man. A Kid from Coney Island. Rod Strickland There wasn’t anything Albert King couldn’t do as a senior at Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn. Ron Artest won NBA DPOY in 2003-04—and Corey “Homicide” Williams gave him 26 points in a game that summer, beating the team that Artest was playing on, even catching a dunk on him. "But he got that ranking in the first place because he understood his game so well," Telep added. Kareem Reid He was a legend in two games, too—if you know, you know. There aren't a lot of tournaments. by many commentators as being somewhat below par for an NBA starting point guard. Telfair returned to the court on January 9, 2006, after having missed twelve games. This is home. He’s still hooping today, into his late 40s. Hailey wasn't the only SI Swimsuit model to visit Coney Island. Sam Worthen [21] The following night, Telfair left a pre-season basketball game against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden to observe a police lineup, but he did not identify any of the potential suspects. A Kid From Coney Island, the highly anticipated documentary on the life and career of former NBA player, Stephon Marbury is now available on all digital and on demand platforms including Apple . "Free shoes?" The doc is called A Kid From Coney Island and it premiered at last year's Tribeca Film Festival . Blake continued as the starting point guard with Telfair coming off the bench. Before he left Holy Cross, he was named Mr. Basketball in New York in 2008, was named a McDonald’s All-American and left the prep level with averages of 29 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists per game. The trailer is light on story, but provides a great look at the new Coney Island setting. Not at the June Rumble in the Bronx up at Fordham. Anthony Mason A Kid from Coney Island, the 2019 documentary from the directing duo of Coodie and Chike, reopens the book on former NBA star Stephon Marbury in a clever and honest way. It brought together kids from the five boroughs of New York at the home of the . In one half. But the 6-6 guard also mentored his younger brother, Sebastian Telfair, as well as a long list of kids around the city. Rice HS in Harlem was popping in the late ’90s because of floor general Andre Barrett. Midrange, three-pointers, catch-and-shoot, off-the-dribble—it didn’t matter, his shot was singing. J.R. Smith going back to school and joining its golf team is a fine story for late August, which shouldn't contain much NBA news. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Steve Burtt Sr made it from Harlem to the League for stints with the Warriors, Clippers, Suns and Bullets. Sidney Green Was that Telfair cruising up and down the Strip? Sebastian Telfair (born June 9, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the NBA and the Chinese Basketball Association. "The old Sebastian Telfair made people better. BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Sebastian Telfair thinks he's special. Michael Kruse writes for Basketball America and BasketballAmerica.com. He hit Connie Hawkins for 37 points in a high school playoff game in 1960 and he was the Pacers’ catalyst for three ABA championships in the ’70s. "But I'm not going to say I'm nobody. by Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang Bongiovi, and Jason Samuels. Lloyd Daniels 2019 | TV-MA | 1h 29m | Sports Movies. 11 to his usual No. "The Takeover," Slam screamed. He honed his handle in the Bronx and brought it to UConn, where he led the Huskies all the way to the 2011 Natty. On June 28, 2006, the Trail Blazers traded Telfair, along with center Theo Ratliff and a 2008 second-round pick, to the Boston Celtics for guard Dan Dickau, center–forward Raef LaFrentz, and the 7th overall pick in the 2006 NBA draft, Randy Foye, who was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 6th overall pick, Brandon Roy. Not Telfair. We salute him. 2 point guard and No. Hailey was in Coney Island over the weekend, where she served as Queen Mermaid of the 34th annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade. And � Sebastian Telfair? Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Bayside, Queens, was Rafer Alston’s launching point for an incredible career that evolved from the AND1 Mixtape Tour all the way to the 2009 NBA Finals. He went head-to-head with some of the country's best prep prospects -- college-bound talents three and four years his senior -- and the local legend became a national name. Lance Stephenson The Harlem native went on a basketball expedition during his high school years, bringing the Jelly to as many people as possible and garnering a city’s worth of adoring fans. The million-dollar smile, the speed-of-light handle, the ready-made superstar personality. Tight handle, layup master, excellent passer. At 34, Bryant became the youngest player in NBA history to score 30,000 career points, edging other scoring greats such as Abdul-Jabbar, Chamberlain, Karl Malone and Michael Jordan. Bernard King "But I'm not going to say I'm nobody. A KID FROM CONEY ISLAND is a documentary about former NBA star Stephon Marbury. A 6-0 guard with real toughness, Manhattan native John Roche was the consummate floor general. On January 1, 2005, Telfair scored 14 points on five-for-eleven shooting, making four of five free throws to go with five rebounds and five assists with one turnover. "He was so good so young that too many people have gotten their claws into him. Lloyd B. The 5-foot-11, 165-pound point guard is the best high school player in the best basketball neighborhood in the best basketball borough in the best basketball city in the best basketball country in the world. Coney Island basketball star Lance Stephenson - a second-round Indiana Pacers pick in the June NBA draft - was busted Sunday for pushing his girlfriend down a flight of stairs, cops said. Jamaal Tinsley While playing in Brownsville, Brooklyn as a kid, Dwayne Washington was doing things on the floor that were reminiscent of Earl the Pearl Monroe. The documentary about the life and career of former NBA player Stephon Marbury is . The latest in the long line of successful Lincoln Railsplitters, Isaiah Whitehead became a beast at Seton Hall. Alston was a pioneer, coming up with brand new passes and dribbling combos that influenced a generation. Lillard is going to continue to be a problem for fellow point guards and rappers alike. But we lost Sealy to a car accident in May 2000, robbing us of more brilliance from the Bronx native. Denis Gostev. (CBS Local)- Stephon Marbury is one of the best basketball players to ever come from New York City. Corey Williams In the spring of 2009, the New Republic's Jason Zengerle went to Coney Island to write an elegy to New York City schoolboy basketball.The story's subject, Abraham Lincoln High School senior . And Telfair's somebody. Attending Lincoln High School in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, Telfair was the school's all-time leading scorer until Lance Stephenson broke his record in 2009. Now he delivers a constant stream of points in the CBA. Felipe Lopez had St. John’s in the center of the universe for a second. That put a smile on my mother's face.". The 6-1 lefty put up nearly 22 points a game for the Red Storm as a sophomore and had the Garden on tilt when he took down the Blue Devils with 33 points this past February. High school. Is this normal? The Slam cover boy. "There were some people who felt like I had written a book calling the best players in Coney Island a bunch of losers," Frey recalls. "Sebastian Telfair and LeBron James are about to rule the world. Dean Meminger was on the Knicks’ 1973 championship squad. He shot too much. NBCSports.com's 50 best NBA players in 5 years: Players 50-46. He’d wrap up his 13-year NBA career with an average of 20 points per game. Kareem Reid led St. Ray’s in the Bronx to the city and state titles as a junior back in ’93 and repeated as a city champ the very next season. [26] Sebastian was in New York at the time for what was supposed to have been only a matter of hours, being in between a move of residence, and for the opening of basketball courts at the Coney Island projects where he was raised. Damaris Lewis has become a familiar face around the NBA. [7] In February 2005, interim coach Kevin Pritchard promoted Telfair to the team's starting lineup. And that’s where Washington got his nickname. Well, I go on there to listen to music and stuff, but I don't read anything about myself. Rest in Power, Earl. Williams, a long-time overseas pro, tore up summer leagues across the city in the 2000s. Telfair started for the Suns in a 91–87 victory against the Los Angeles Clippers. Archbishop Molloy is where he made his name and earned a ride to the University of North Carolina. He's next. Sylven Landesberg New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso hosted a Homers for Heroes Home Run Derby at Maimonides Park on Monday night. Shaun Livingston, a lanky 6-6 point from Peoria, Ill., used his length to frustrate Telfair. There haven’t been many scorers like Roger Brown. She also posed for a photo shoot at the Carnival Basketball Booth, where we captured the action for a Facebook Live. Copyright 2021 © SLAM Media Inc. SLAM®, SLAMTV®, SLAM MEDIA® and the SLAM® logo are registered The Coney Island native was regarded as one of the greatest point guards to come out of the state (he starred at powerhouse Abraham Lincoln High and was named New York State Mr. Basketball) and . Mark Jackson’s basketball career took him to three of the city’s boroughs—he was a beast at Bishop Loughlin in Brooklyn, became the all-time assists leader at St. John’s in Queens and then won Rookie of the Year with the Knicks in 1988. However, he later had a change of mind and went pro instead, a decision precipitated by a fatal shooting that occurred at the apartment complex where his family lived. Telfair notched 6.8 points and 3.3 assists per contest. You knew he was the guy in charge -- even at that early age. Week 5 of the high school football season features a top-10 battle between Belleville and Dearborn Fordson in the Leo's Coney Island Game of the Week. "He knows what type of business basketball is. Phot PremierHoops. When he was a junior, . I think he's gotten a little unfairly judged. SNY Play Ball presented by Toyota has awarded the Coney Island Sharks youth football program with a $5,000 grant award which will be used for the purchase of new helmets and uniforms, many of . Coney Island Basketball 6 . He got his start at LaSalle Academy in NYC and went on to play in the ABA and the NBA. Starring: Stephon Marbury. He brought national media attention to the west side of Manhattan, beating up on defenses with an unstoppable offensive arsenal. And the Class of 2004 as a whole started to assert itself as one of the best collections of talent in quite some time. [16] He became a free agent in the summer of 2013. Kemba Walker Jamel Thomas’ impact on the game goes beyond the court. Jackson played at Boys High in Brooklyn with Connie Hawkins and was a staple at the Rucker, where he once grabbed Wilt Chamberlain’s shot right out of the air. Rafer Alston portrait by Michael Schreiber; Cole Anthony portrait by Rayon Richards; Photos via Getty. [3], Telfair was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Erica Telfair and Otis Telfair, a Vietnam War veteran who served as a Marine. Kids fly by on their bikes and clamor for his attention. He made it to the League in 1980, but he only lasted two seasons. The 6-8 forward played with the Globetrotters in the American Basketball League, then in the ABA and finally the NBA, where he averaged 20 points per game with the Suns. On a late summer evening, Telfair's hanging out with his crew, and they're speaking their own language, watching dozens of neighborhood kids shoot baskets, throw footballs and play dice. He is a producer and writer, known for Another Shot (2017), A Kid from Coney Island (2019) and Stars on Stars (2007). Kenny Satterfield found his way to the League, playing with the Nuggets and the Sixers, but he’s most well known for imposing his will at parks around the city. Then he’d strike real quick, with a pinpoint pass or a quick move to the left side of the rim for a bucket. Billy Cunningham, aka The Kangaroo Kid, led Erasmus Hall to the ’61 City chip and never looked back. Lenny Wilkens [23], In September 2008, Telfair pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a weapon and received three years' probation. Ron Artest Who knows right now? He missed a lot. 2 behind the 6-9 Jefferson, from Prentiss, Miss. The wunderkind averaged 29.1 points a game en route to a PSAL championship. Not yet. Allan, Baty, Butto, and Otanez return to Coney Island for the second time in their careers, while many players from the 2019 New York-Penn League Championship team also return to the 718. He had committed to the University of Louisville during his senior year, but decided to turn professional instead. And hear about. They have three children. The Cage was Smush Parker’s spot. "A Kid From Coney Island" follows Marbury's entire career—his electrifying play for multiple teams, peculiar fall out of the NBA and subsequent rise in China, where he won three . To have legitimate buzz for a mixtape as an NBA player is rare. Both Telfair and Eden claimed to not have any knowledge of the firearm. The Marvel? In other months, he had averaged 4.7 points and 1.9 assists on a .358 shooting percentage.[15]. He led the city in scoring during his junior and senior seasons at Archbishop Molloy and then was the Louisville Cardinals’ leading scorer during their run to the 2014 National Championship. He was a God in Coney Island before he got to high school. They used to call him “Mel the Abuser” up at the Rucker. And Telep dropped him all the way to No. The film displays the ebbs and flows of the two-time NBA All-Star's rise. Taylor Ballantyne for Sports Illustrated. The Blazers ultimately lost 23 of their final 28 games that season, finishing with the team's worst record since 1973–74. Leo's Coney Island Game of the Week features Belleville, Dearborn Fordson in Top-10 battle September 24, 2021, 3:38 PM Week 5 of the high school football season features a top-10 battle between Belleville and Dearborn Fordson in the Leo's Coney Island Game of the Week. From gifted athlete to professional NBA hooper, Coney Island's Stephon Marbury navigates the pressures, pitfalls and peaks of his basketball journey. Albert King "I was put on this earth to play basketball," the kid says. "Right here in Coney Island.". Refi Rates at 1.93% APR. He went on to average 14 points per game in three NBA seasons and then played in Europe for over a decade. Most of the cast members that made up the titular street gang in the 1979 cult classic The Warriors reunited on the Q Train on September 13th to take one last ride together to Coney Island, where . He has been married to LaTasha Frieson since September 14, 2002. This #NBA video includes NBA girlfriends a. Full stop. That guy from the Coney Island made a success out of Himself by any means. He went on to play at Arkansas but he was most famous as a member of Fat Joe’s Terror Squad, where he was nicknamed “The Best Kept Secret.”. Unvaccinated NBA players to face . Not the city. Doron Lamb But he took almost 30 shots to do it. In addition to Marbury's exploits on the court, A Kid From Coney Island also touches on his impact as one of the first NBA players to fully embrace and embody the look, attitude, and vibe of hip . And for the first time ever -- at least for the first time since he was in the fifth grade -- the kid from Coney Island isn't considered the top player in his class. Already. In April 2019, following a two-week trial, Telfair was found guilty by a jury of his peers of felonious weapons possession,[27] On August 12, 2019, he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for the offense. NBA should Quarantine every player (who tests negative) on an island with a court, refs, tv crews, & stockpile of food. Lamar Odom And his rep took some hits. The 6-6 forward had a complete skill set, a certified two-way player. He started at Benjamin Franklin HS in Manhattan and then helped St. John’s in Queens get to the ’85 Final Four. Dwayne Washington Lower East Side native Doron Lamb started his high school career at Bishop Loughlin in Brooklyn. The Brooklyn boy turned childhood dreams into reality when he became Madison Square Garden’s prime attraction. Every basketball superstar who has made it big as a . At 6-5, Sam Worthen’s career at the Rucker was highlighted by his combination of superior ballhandling and passing. They're doing their thing. Attending Lincoln High School in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, Telfair was the school's all-time leading scorer until Lance Stephenson broke his record in 2009. Because in my mind, on the court, I'm somebody." Here, too. He is a successful businessman and basketball player out in China and plans on staying out there. Step 1. Their national basketball team competes in the Pan American games, FIBA Americas, and the Central American Championship. And to say, as Jamel did in the Slam story, that his little brother has a chance to be the "best ever" to come out of New York, well, that's more than a bit ambitious. In the 2007–08 season, Telfair had his best season as a pro, averaging 9.3 points and 5.9 assists per game. The Boston Celtics have long lead the league in a number areas from championships to Hall of Famers to any number of individual and team records, but when it comes to the greatest nicknames of all time, they have a solid if not overwhelming representation.. 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