Sebastian

Telfair

Telfair will be the starting point guard for the Celtics next season, and would have been the best point guard in this draft had he been in it.

That means the Blazers now have the fourth and seventh picks in tonight’s draft, while Boston picks up a young point guard with a lot of promise. Dan Dickau may be thrown in the deal, but it’s not official yet. Telfair was the 13th pick in the 2004 draft. The Celtics are also saying that the Allen Iverson deal is not dead, and he could end up in Boston or Philly.

Both of them deserve consideration as spot-starters, though in a game like this it will be a crapshoot as to who will gobble up all the remaining minutes.

Brooks’ Guangdong Southern Tigers trail Stephon Marbury’s Beijing Ducks 3-1 in a best-of-seven series. Once the series is over, Brooks will be allowed to re-sign with the Suns as a restricted free agent. It’s unclear if the Suns wish to bring Brooks back as Sebastian Telfair has held down the backup point guard job nicely.

Nash made a curtain call toward the end of the game, but was quickly pulled for Sebastian Telfair. Telfair finished with 20 points in 22 minutes, and the Suns’ season is over with a record of 33-33, which wasn’t good enough to make the playoffs.

Morris had a decent game on Saturday, but has been a mess for the entire second half of the year. Sebastian Telfair scored 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting with seven assists, two steals, a block, and a three, and also belongs on the wire in standard leagues.

Steve Nash was benched after just six minutes with a tweaked back, as the Suns were drilled 35-13 in the first quarter. They’re still in the playoff hunt so we expect Nash’s minutes to return to normal on Monday (if he’s healthy), meaning Telfair may not do this again. But if Nash is out for that one, Telfair would be a sneaky add in fantasy.

Brown has done this much too little for us to bat an eye, and one has to wonder how the Suns’ slow start might have stunted any chance for Brown to be productive this year in a new locale. Sebastian Telfair started for Steve Nash (rest), too, scoring seven points with eight assists, one steal, and one block. We’re expecting both Nash and Hill to play on Friday, so neither spot-starter will be of worth a second act. Marcin Gortat struggled with eight points and six boards, Channing Frye hit four treys for 12 points with six boards and three blocks, and Jared Dudley cooled off with 11 points, six boards, and a three.

Steve Nash (hip) played and looked good, and was able to get an early rest with the Suns in control of the game throughout. Telfair won’t have any real fantasy value with Nash at the controls, but if anything were to happen then he has proven he can put up numbers lately.

The Jazz apparently are content with their roster for the most part, and are looking for veterans to fill around their young squad. Raja Bell would appear to be the favorite for backup shooting guard duties, but may be available for trade, and these could be the pieces the Jazz are looking at to replace him.