Sebastian Telfair: Through The Fire (Part 4)

The Jonathan Hock documentary "Through the Fire" tracks the Coney Island product's evolution from high school phenom to NBA lottery pick. Along the way, Telfair contemplates a scholarship offer from Rick Pitino at the University of Louisville, struggles with the violence of his Brooklyn neighborhood and consumes himself with the desire to get his family out of the projects.

Having seen cousin and NBA star Stephon Marbury make it, Telfair knows big league dreams are within reach. However, Telfair's greatest source of inspiration is his older brother Jamel Thomas, who serves as a cautionary tale of just how elusive an NBA career can be.

(This is Part 4 of 14)

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[odizzle28]

telfair made the biggest mistake of his life he should have went to louisville

[riles124]

nyan boateng is now a senior wide receiver for cal. apparently one hell of an athlete

[gonnabgr8somday]

he a bad duude

[mckinley1175]

@305Southbeach I understand him getting them out of there but it would of benefited him to go to college though but unfortunate things will happen though.

[305Southbeach]

@mckinley1175 yea thats what he was thinking to do before a killing in his building happened and that scared him enought to go straight to the nba and get his family out of coney island...

[mckinley1175]

@305Southbeach He might of benefited from college though atleast 2 yrs would of been fine to grow and mature.

[immabeast333]

@riles124 hes on the giants now lol

[odizzle28]

@305Southbeach YOUR RIGHT I SEE IT DIFFRENTLY NOW THAT IVE GROWN UP .

[305Southbeach]

@odizzle28 if the "biggest mistake of your life" leaves you as a million air and gets all your family out of the ghetto thats I pretty good mistake...

[DarkSLiCk7]

@MrJtotheohnnn real talk brah

[MrJtotheohnnn]

@DarkSLiCk7 also the notion that maybe you get injured and fuck up entering into the nba draft

[temifaj]

nice investment with telfair adidas ... that worked out just perfect