Okay, so the Celtics are talking about releasing Sebastian Telfair, after he got arrested a few days ago.

Telfair has been fascinating to me for a long time...this is the guy who was touted as being the top basketball prospect in his nationwide class when he was in the 4th grade, is apparently a legend in NYC, and has somehow maintained this mystique that allowed him to be drafted high in the first round of the NBA draft despite being a 5'11" point guard who is shaky defensively and can't shoot.  He seems like someone who looks like potentially the second coming of fellow NYC legend and one-time And1 star Rafer Alston, not the next Stephon Marbury.

And certainly not, as Scoop Jackson suggested, the next Isiah Thomas (with Juan Dixon and Jarrett Jack being the next Joe Dumars and Microwave, according to Scoop).

So anyway...Telfair has gotten arrested, the Celtics have taken his name plate off his locker and are making noises about terminating his contract, and there's a resulting uproar.  Personally, I'd think the Celts would be able to just foist Telfair off on his hometown Knicks, who would get good buzz for bringing the local hero home, and could pair him with Nate Robertson, since you can never have enough guys under 6 feet tall who can't shoot or play defense on your team.

Telfair's lawyer gets all righteously indignant in the article, invoking the Duke lacrosse players and presumption of innocence and all that.  But the amazing part, to me, was this quote:

He's supporting 17 relatives?

Seriously?

I don't even know if I have 17 relatives.  

And if I do have 17 relatives, I can assure you, I'm not supporting them.  If SBNation is the next YouTube and Google buys it for $2.3 billion, allowing me to retire with many millions of dollars, I'll pass out 17 beanpies and 17 bags of jalapeno Cornnuts, and tell my 17 relatives I'll make some calls to help them find 17 jobs.

But I'm sure as hell not supporting them.

And maybe that means there's something wrong with me.  Maybe I'm a bad person for not wanting to let all my relatives live off of me.  And maybe it is just because I don't have the money...maybe, if I really were making $1.7 million per year (like Telfair) and had a $10 million shoe contract, I'd want to have Ben as my valet and my other brothers as my driver and bodyguard, and have my uncles and aunts answer my mail for me or something.

I doubt it, though.

Maybe I'm being too harsh.  Maybe Telfair is supporting 17 elderly and infirm relatives.  Maybe they are crippled, or mentally impaired, or something.

But I just don't get it.