<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Sebastian Telfair saw his NBA career start with high expectations as a lottery pick and then almost fizzle before his rookie contract expires. This season he's suiting up for his third team in four seasons and after bouncing around between different teams early in his career looks to have finally found a team that appreciates all of the things that he brings to the court. Telfair recently sat down to chat with HOOPSWORLD about posting career numbers this season, how playing with Al Jefferson helps him as a young point guard and the ways Randy Wittman is helping him become a better point guard. You're posting some of the best numbers of your career this season. What do you attribute your strong season to? "I think it was my preparation for this season last summer. The work I put in for myself and the fact I committed myself to basketball." Your assist-to-turnover ratio has improved this season. What do you attribute your growth in this area to? "My focus on being a point guard. Focusing on executing our plays and being conscious of going out there and getting other guys involved. When you do that the game's a lot easier. When you make the game easy you don't turn over the ball as much." This season your minutes have gone up a lot. Has this helped you to become more comfortable on the court? "Absolutely! The more you play the better you are going to perform on the court, you'll be more comfortable and have more confidence." Randy Foye recently returned from an injury to help provide Minnesota with a strong tandem in the backcourt. How does playing in a three guard rotation with Foye and Rashad McCants help you and the team? "It definitely helps. It takes pressure off of you when you've got another guy you can throw the ball up to and he can make a play for himself. When playing with Foye and Shaddy (McCants) those guys can handle the ball so there are times I can just run the lane and let them go out there and create plays." You've had a chance the past two seasons to play with Al Jefferson, one of the top young big men in the NBA. How does playing with a great post player like Jefferson help you as a point guard? "Having Al draw double teams gets you three or four open looks a night which is really great because in this league it's tough to get open shots. He's a big target and whenever he's in the game he gets to the paint and you can find him. He's always finishing around the basket." This is your first year playing for Coach Wittman. What's the thing you appreciate the most playing for him or what's something you've learned from him so far this season? "I think the confidence he has instilled in me as far as our offense. We work on our offense in practice and he's always working with me and letting me know the counter to our plays. He taught me how to be a point guard, how to run all our plays and how to find guys within our system to get my assists." People often forget that Telfair would be a college senior this year if he hadn't declared for the draft out of high school. As a young player there's still plenty of room for growth on and off the court, but fans should take note of the huge strides Telfair has taken so far in his NBA career and see the potential for greatness that still exists. If he continues to work hard and grow as a player he'll prove the skeptics wrong who declared he was a bust last summer.</div> Source Bassy has been excellent all year, and it's actually pretty tough to find a Wolves fan that isn't impressed with him. It seems as though they all want him back next year, and I'm glad I'm not the only one who appreciates the guy anymore. I think Telfair is going to be a terrific change-of-pace backup at the very least. If he ever improves that jumper, he can be more than that. A bust based on New York hype? Yes. But will be make it in this league? Yes.
