Sebastian Telfair was one of the biggest high school basketball sensations ever. Before Instagram and social media made top basketball prospects famous overnight, Telfair was a household name. Growing up in Coney Island, Brooklyn, he carried the legendary New York City point guard legacy at Lincoln High School and became the face of NYC basketball. His mixtapes, games, and streetball highlights made him one of the most hyped NBA prospects of the early 2000s. Many basketball fans believed basketball had found it’s next two superstars in LeBron James and Sebastian Telfair. LeBron dominated at St. Vincent-St. Mary in Ohio, while Bassy was playing basketball in New York. The two basketball players were compared as the future faces of the NBA, with both appearing in national magazines and becoming icons before playing a professional game. NBA players like Carmelo Anthony, Amar’e Stoudemire, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, and Dwyane Wade went to the National Basketball Association, but Bassy’s ...