After landing free agent center Greg Oden to the roster last week, the Miami Heat now have 13 roster positions filled with one position still left available. The franchise will surely want to choose the right player to fill that role, and rumors suggest that the player they have in mind is guard Sebastian Telfair.
Telfair used to be a standout high school prospect while attending Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, NY, but his NBA career has been less than stellar. At 6-foot, Telfair had elite speed and ballhandling skills, both of which were worthy of the NBA. His outside shot, however, did not make the mark, and that is paramount for a guard of his stature.
Still, Telfair was the first of several pint-sized players to make the leap from high school to the professional ranks, and during his rookie season he shot 24.6 percent from the 3-point line, and while he has made strides, he remains a below average shooter and shot only 27.0 percent last season in a short stint with Toronto. Before that, he excelled in Minnesota and Phoenix.
Telfair has bounced around the league with 7 different teams (and two stints with the Minnesota Timberwolves) after being drafted 13th overall by the Portland Trailblazers in the 2004 NBA Draft. Although he has put up decent numbers in his career, with career averages of 7.4 points and 3.5 assists in 21 mpg, he has never played with the same team for more than two seasons.
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