Sebastian Telfair Salary And Career Earnings in 2024

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In the history of American basketball, the professional who both has experience in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), Sebastian Telfair, is one of them. He is a retired American basketball player. Telfair is a successful basketball player. He has a successful career in Basketball. In his basketball career, he earned a lot and gained fame. However, for some financial issues, he was also controversial to all. He is regarded as one of the great players of the NBA. The glorious career lifted to the uplift position. In this article, all of the life events, including Sebastian Telfair’s personal life and net worth are given below.

Sebastian Telfair Net Worth

The net worth of this famous basketball player is $4 Million. His successful career in the field of basketball made him a rich man. Most of the portions of his assets are from the earnings of the career.

Contracts and Salary History:

Total Salary Earned:$19 million
Average Salary Per Season:$2 million
Highest Salary Earned in 2o10-11 season:$2.7 million
2 Years Contract with Portland Trail Blazers:$3.1 million
Total Salary Earned From Minnesota Timberwolves:$7.5 million
Debut Year Salary:$1.5 million
Last season of His Career:$1.3 million

Sebastian Telfair Family and Schooling

Sebastian Telfair came to the world on June 9, 1985 (age 36), Brooklyn, New York. He is the son of his father, Erica Telfair, and his mother, Otis Telfair. His father was a Vietnam War veteran who served as a Marine. 

During his early life, he began to spread the light of his talent in basketball. In his early life, he went to the Abraham Lincoln High School in Coney Island, Brooklyn. In his college career, with his amazing performance, he was lauded nationwide. He got the chance to play at the college level, but he directly played in professional basketball.

Professional Basketball Career

He entered the professional compartments in 2004, and he got out here in 2017. In his ten years long career, he played for the Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics, Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Phoenix Suns, Toronto Raptors, Tianjin Ronggang, Oklahoma City Thunder, Xinjiang Flying Tigers, and Fujian Sturgeons.

Profession: Basketball Player
Birth:June 9, 1985, in Brooklyn, USA
Name:Sebastian Telfair
Mother:Otis Telfair
Father:Erica Telfair
Wife/Girlfriend:Samantha Rodriguez
Children: Sebastian Telfair Jr.
NBA Draft Year:2004-Portland Trail Blazers
Position:Point guard
Ethnicity: African-American
Hair Color:Black
Eye Color:Black
College Education:Skipped
Nationality:American
Teams He Played With:
  • Portland Trail Blazers
  • Boston Celtics
  • Los Angeles Clippers
  • Cleveland Cavaliers
  • Phoenix Suns
  • Oklahoma City Thunder, etc
Height: 6 feet
Weight:82 kg
Current Age:36 Years

In the 2004 NBA draft, he was chosen by the Portland Trail Blazers in 13th overall for the 1st round. He was wearing the jersey of the Portland Trail Blazers. Sebastian Telfair and Darius Miles were also on that team. For the next season, Telfair played for the Boston Celtics. From 2007 to 2009, he ran in the NBA on behalf of the Minnesota Timberwolves. In the 2009-2010 seasons, he represented the Los Angeles Clippers. Besides, he partially played for the Cleveland Cavaliers. In the following, he spent the tie with the Minnesota Timberwolves. From 2011 to 2013, he was wearing the shoe of the Phoenix Suns. For a short time in 2013, he was with the Toronto Raptors. In 2013-14 he played for the Tianjin Ronggeng. In the same year, for a short time, he played for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Sebastian Telfair total worthLater, he moved to the chain and played for Chinese basketball. In 2014-2015, he played for the Chinese team Xinjiang Flying Tigers. The last team of his career was the Fujian Sturgeons. He played for this team in Chinese basketball in the 2016-17 seasons. Wearing the jersey of this team, the retirement was echoed. 

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In his entire NBA career, he played a total of 564 games. He scores 7.4 points on average, 1.6 rebounds on average, and 3.5 assists on average.

Gaining from the NBA career

In 2004, he won the title of Mr. Basketball USA. In 2004, he became the McDonald’s All-American Game MVP and First-team Parade All-American. In 2003, he was named to the Second-team Parade All-American. He won the title of 2004’s New York Mr. Basketball. 

Career Stats:

YearTeam
GP
Min
Pts
FG%
3pt%
Ast
Reb
Stl
Blk
2004Trail Blazers
68
19.6
6.8
39.3
24.6
3.3
1.5
0.5
0.1
2005Trail Blazers
68
24.1
9.5
39.4
35.2
3.6
1.8
1.0
0.1
2006
Celtics
78
20.2
6.1
37.1
28.9
2.8
1.4
0.6
0.1
2007Timberwolves
60
32.2
9.3
40.1
28.1
5.9
2.2
1.0
0.2
2008Timberwolves
75
27.9
9.8
38.3
34.6
4.6
1.7
1.0
0.2
2009
Clippers
39
14.9
4.3
40.4
23.4
2.9
1.1
0.6
0.1
2009Cavaliers
4
19.2
9.8
45.7
22.2
3.0
1.0
0.5
0.0
2010Timberwolves
37
19.2
7.2
40.2
35.9
3.0
1.5
0.7
0.1
2011Suns
60
14.9
6.1
41.2
31.4
2.3
1.5
0.7
0.2
2012Suns
46
17.3
6.0
38.1
38.1
2.5
1.5
0.6
0.2
2012Raptors
13
14.2
4.3
29.0
27.0
3.0
1.2
0.7
0.1
2014Thunder
16
20.4
8.4
36.8
30.0
2.8
1.9
0.6
0.0
Career
564
21.5
7.4
39.0
31.9
3.5
1.6
0.7
0.1

Sebastian Telfair Wife, Daughter, and Son

Sebastian Telfair took fashion designer Samantha Rodriguez as a partner of his conjugal life. The family of Sebastian Telfair and Samantha Rodriguez was blessed with one daughter and one son. The daughter is Samaya Telfair, and the son is Sebastian Telfair Jr.

He is also the cousin of former NBA player Stephon Marbury.

Height, Age & Weight

Sebastian Telfair is tall, up to 6 feet and his weight is 82 kg. His playing position in the field of basketball is Point guard. Playing in that position, he gained his personal success and led the team to the winning of matches. 

In the field of basketball, he did not have any definite jerseys. He wore jerseys number 31, 30, 3, 13. He is still alive, and his age is 36 years now. 

Over the past five years, Rick C. Nees has written hundreds of NBA players' biographies, some of which have already been published in famous newspapers. He previously worked as- Commentator, Basketball Analyst, Basketball Player, Newspaper Sports Editor, Radio sports presenter. Rick grew up watching basketball leagues. He was a state-level high school basketball player who followed all NBA events since he was a child.

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