18. Sebastian Telfair: 2004, Pick #13
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Following in the footsteps of fellow Abraham Lincoln High School alumnus Stephon Marbury, Sebastian Telfair became a legend on the streets of Brooklyn, and eventually started to garner national notoriety as one of the best high school basketball prospects in the nation (if not the best one outright).
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After turning down his commitment to the University of Louisville, “Bassy” Telfair went straight to the pro’s via the 2004 NBA Draft, where he was taken 13th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers. But despite playing in the NBA for 12 seasons, Telfair never averaged less than 10 points per game each season in the league, and started 30 or fewer games for one of the seven teams he played on in 10 of those 12 seasons.
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