Sebastian Telfair on Lenny Cooke Being Higher-Ranked Prospect than LeBron & Not Making It (Part 14)

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Former NBA star Sebastian Telfair recalled the 2001 ABCD basketball camp where Kobe Bryant was a speaker. He mentioned how impactful the experience was and how Bryant's words encouraged him to focus on getting to the NBA. Telfair also shared his experiences competing against Lenny Cooke in high school, who was at one point ranked above LeBron James. However, Telfair expressed that despite the hype around Cooke, he never seemed to be on LeBron's level. Telfair also addressed speculation about Cooke's failed transition, suggesting a combination of poor work ethic and potential disagreements with agents might have been the cause. Despite these obstacles, Telfair remains clear on one point: hard work, commitment and picking your own path are vital, using his own journey to the NBA as an example.

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@SSSMOR. Месяц назад

People don't realize how many top 5 high school players don't make it to NBA

@mcpheefee Месяц назад

Great comment

@dennisjohnson7139 Месяц назад

Neighborhood heros. Big krit

@kjo2130 Месяц назад

Cliff Alexander was the #2 prospect in the 2014 high school class. 9-10 months later he left Kansas and declared for the NBA draft, went undrafted. Many simply don't make it.

@ZackSmith-ce4jl Месяц назад

Hundreds!!!

@pokerNGold Месяц назад

People don’t realize how many top players don’t get discovered.

@lev887 Месяц назад

Sebastian Telfair tells it RAW, UNCUT & REAL. MAD RESPECT

@jenkinsmanly-spain1252 Месяц назад

Agreed

@kimberlyr.9353 28 дней назад

I love Sebastian interviews.

@jerrywilliams3373 Месяц назад

Lenny Cooke didn’t love the game he loved the stuff that the game could give him

@Rambogunz44 Месяц назад

Spot on!!

@kharyvines6971 Месяц назад

NO HE DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM OF RELATIONSHIPS

@jaygabbana6852 Месяц назад

So basically Lenny Cooke is Ben Simmons

@richardmatthews2807 Месяц назад

@@jaygabbana6852yes

@Gofroze Месяц назад

@@jaygabbana6852bruh Ben Simmons is a 3x all star 😂 yall gotta stop wit this shit. He did more in his nba career than Sebastian. Waaaay more

@KD_SWAGGER Месяц назад

I still have Sebastian Telfair's Through The Fire documentary on DVD. Very inspirational, especially the ending of the film when he was drafted by Portland.

@JamesRandle252 Месяц назад

Him, shumpert, and Jeff Teague not getting touched when it come to story telling !! 😂

@greychannel5963 Месяц назад

dude literally has a gift for story telling i could really see him directing movies or writing.

@Obstakill Месяц назад

Majority New Yorkers are like this

@WoodBlaise-hv9fj Месяц назад

Bas needs a podcast he’s an amazing story teller.

@markanthonyholm Месяц назад

NYC thing

@brooklynzoo1838 Месяц назад

NYC shit

@SR-hf3hx Месяц назад

Im same age as telfair, Brooklyn my whole life until moving to Florida last year. People down here tell me the same thing all the time. New yorkers have this gift for that

@tommyfu9271 Месяц назад

it's actually crazy how hyped Lebron was and how he even managed to exceed that hype. So many of these "can't miss" guys never do anything.

@robdrix8413 Месяц назад

He said LeBron is the steroid. Ima take LeBron 😂😂😂

@2headgameplay Месяц назад

PAUSE

@Unc654 Месяц назад

@@2headgameplaynigga dats not even pause..

@Gofroze Месяц назад

@@2headgameplaynothing pause worthy ..

@2headgameplay Месяц назад

@@Gofroze he said ima stick Lebron in me

@2headgameplay Месяц назад

@@Gofroze so pause worthy my friends

@DCMFR Месяц назад

That Lenny Cooke documentary was great but sad. Him trying to convince Joakim to go out after he just played a game was crazy 😂. If only he had Bron mentality

@Obstakill Месяц назад

It wasn’t that he was going out. He stopped working on his game...

@rm8344 Месяц назад

Lenny got perked for sure. He was held outta the NBA. The NBA has enough talent around the world to be selective. No child is an exception to the rule.

@celebneilz1023 Месяц назад

@@HennesseeVoldats false, he was cooking ppl his age too cut it out.

@donjenkins3197 Месяц назад

If he only had the machine behind him like Lebron did 😉

@billycarter1798 Месяц назад

@@donjenkins3197the machine was in Lebrons head. That's what Lenny didn't have.

@ishootbangers Месяц назад

Would be dope to get Lenny Cooke on here next

@walkingbucket_store Месяц назад

Facts

@rahmon9721 Месяц назад

didn’t he pass??

@rahmon9721 Месяц назад

oh wait i’m thinking of len bias nvm

@quanbrooklynkid7776 Месяц назад

Damn @@rahmon9721

@Getmoneynation1 Месяц назад

Vlad bring lenny on the show

@cterry9849 Месяц назад

You know it's coming 💯

@KASHEIMBROWN Месяц назад

These comments show that lebron haters search the net looking for lebron stories to hate on. Can’t even respect his peers opinion.

@Imuptwo Месяц назад

🤣🤣💯

@Ry-kr6ve Месяц назад

Accurate bro, haters really follow lebron content everywhere, i dont know if its love or just hate

@MrUnpredictable187 Месяц назад

Fr💯 the fans!!!

@stringer2295 Месяц назад

Imma be honest bro, most Lebron haters are weird white dudes

@jasonchilds290 Месяц назад

Lenny was damn near 3yrs older respectfully

@Pop_Richie Месяц назад

And wasn’t the best in that class! It’s ppl goofy NY bias

@quanbrooklynkid7776 Месяц назад

Stop crying ^^^^

@pwest1101 Месяц назад

@@Pop_Richie get off NY dick

@pakONEoh Месяц назад

That story about his sister knocking on the glass door and getting her sneakers back is as real as it gets. Family business is real. I love it 🥰

@Ruthless508 Месяц назад

I’m so glad Sebastian Telfair set the record straight for the people in the back. LeBron James was always “HIM”. In 2001, LeBron James was a 1st team USA Today All-American as a sophomore. Additionally, he was the first sophomore to be Mr. Basketball in Ohio. Also, he was 1st team all state in football as a wide receiver.

@bcl2224 12 дней назад

The way he smiled when he started telling that story bout his sisters sneakers. You can see he miss that. Those small simple memories.

@markford7217 Месяц назад

Lenny had no discipline was a jerk so when the NBA did their research on him too many red flags!! If you make him a millionaire he would of been worse!

@HiHOLAHolisHello 7 дней назад

would have*

@joejoiner8582 Месяц назад

Lenny is older than Lebron and they were in different grades.... Why are we praising a Senior for being ranked over a Sophomore

@cambridgejoe669 Месяц назад

Because the league doesn’t have grades

@Pop_Richie Месяц назад

Facts! He was class of 2001 and wasn’t the best in that class! It NY bias, they swear they are better than everyone and always have excuses,

@Syphaxx5 Месяц назад

Thank you

@quanbrooklynkid7776 Месяц назад

@@cambridgejoe669damn

@quanbrooklynkid7776 Месяц назад

@@Pop_Richieget over it

@jballa323 Месяц назад

If you watch his ESPN special “Through the Fire” the game against Dwight Howard after he hit the buzzer beater, pause it when he threw his sneaker and I’m the black kid with glasses that caught it (it’s literally caught at a split second)

@DeezzzzzzNuts12 Месяц назад

You was with Dwight Howard

@TheBroknPezDispenser 11 дней назад

Ok..??🤦‍♂️

@kiteracer2497 Месяц назад

Lebron could have been in the nba at 16

@donnovanjohnson1394 10 дней назад

Most def 💯

@adamdouthy8023 Месяц назад

I love to hear these guys peers talk about them, it's so refreshing after reading all the bullshit you hear from the "nobody's" opinions

@jmitch2550 Месяц назад

“Shout out them boots I had”

@Godbody77 Месяц назад

Lenny was damn 20 yrs old and drunk

@khalisimmuah7130 Месяц назад

😂😂😂😂

@tayeeddings7501 Месяц назад

😂😂

@scamcreds Месяц назад

😂😂😂

@richville9923 Месяц назад

💀💀💀

@rm8344 Месяц назад

That too lol

@alexanderbrown-dg3sy Месяц назад

I still remember as a little seeing him and lebron abcd camp highlights when they played on the same team. Had me in pure awe 😂😂😂.

@newelldavis1858 Месяц назад

Lenny documentary tells it all..he was sneaking out of basketball camp to hit the club😂 ..who does that ?💁🏽🤔

@draeking5719 Месяц назад

Niccas who don’t wanna make it

@jman1562001 Месяц назад

Niccas who love the lifestyle more then the game. He needed a tough love coach or a male figure to check him because to many people were enabling him.

@Mr_Exlax Месяц назад

Sounds like an 18 year old kid

@derald614 Месяц назад

An 18 year old kid with bad people around him. Same thing kind of happened to Maurice Clarett but later. Maurice thought he should be receiving the same treatment as lebron.

@albertdaley9093 Месяц назад

@@draeking5719shaq did it kg did it pierce did it 😂😂😂 yall say anything bogus they had good careers cutt it out

@seankazmi3129 Месяц назад

If one things true about the transition from being a top HS or College athlete to going pro is having the right people around you and don’t follow just the money

@derald614 Месяц назад

What happened to Lenny is him and Bron played against each other and bron team won and we never heard bout lenny again

@aaronwilliams3766 Месяц назад

Which is crazy just because he got beat doesn’t mean he can’t make the NBA.

@derald614 Месяц назад

@@aaronwilliams3766 well it wasn't just that. Lenny didn't take the game serious. Was kicking it the night before etc. Then when they played LeBron dominated. I think at that point people just realized Lenny wasn't as dedicated and didn't even have the right people around him. Lenny just was never in the spotlight again after that. Lenny was supposed to be better than Bron and barely competed in that game. But after that game it was clear he wasn't dedicated and didn't have the right people around him. He still had chances after that but never popped. The rumors were correct on him and Bron took over the world. The rest is history.

@derald614 Месяц назад

@@aaronwilliams3766 in that game LeBron outscored lenny 24 to 9. People also forget lebron was 16 and lenny was 19 when they played. Also Bron hit a buzzer beater to win the game but he dominated Lenny.

@tommyfu9271 Месяц назад

Cook was lazy and entitled and Lebron's worth ethic is off the charts. Lebron torched him as a 16 year old when Cook was 3 years older.

@eib3137 Месяц назад

@@derald614he was still a beast I remember after he wasn't drafted he played in the usbl. That league had a lot of well known college players and overseas pros and Lenny was treating them like toddlers. He was averaging damn near 30 effortlessly. I believe the reason he didn't get a call back was because of something that happened with the Boston coaching staff. I think stern blackballed him after that especially since Boston still took a chance on him despite his past.

@EugeneFields-im2ep Месяц назад

Love your unique style, never change!

@WESTERNBOUNDTV Месяц назад

Lenny cooke documentary is very sad. Basically shows you everything not to do as a top prospect. He was severely immature for his age. even giving him grace as a 17 year old he was almost like a 13 year old maturity wise

@quanbrooklynkid7776 Месяц назад

That's crazy

@MillzSzn Месяц назад

when he was late to the jordan camp was despicable

@KingVirgo823 Месяц назад

Where is the documentary?? I was trying to show my son a couple months ago..

@devondupas379 Месяц назад

You need to interview Lenny Cooke

@KejuB Месяц назад

Damnnnnnnnn I forgot about dude 😂 I’m about to watch Through The Fire again. I used to watch that before most basketball games back then 😅🔥

@dan15lop Месяц назад

ulius Hodge. When I was a freshman he was a senior, he was like a mini celebrity walking down the hallways.

@Ron1214 Месяц назад

I’m finna go take some Lebron is crazy

@LebronJames-ll4bh Месяц назад

😂😂😂😂😂

@paieakalili7051 Месяц назад

Vlad saying he searched to find the download of “Through the Fire” instead of buying it is crazy 😂😂😂

@billycarter1798 Месяц назад

It's crazy how you ignored the fact that Vlad couldn't find it anywhere. Did you even watch the video 😂

@paieakalili7051 Месяц назад

@@billycarter1798 it’s right on Amazon 😂😂😂😂😂 literally 2 sec search

@quanbrooklynkid7776 Месяц назад

@@billycarter1798yea

@jonwhite549 Месяц назад

Vlad definitely said he tried to buy it, he went through all the streaming platforms and couldn’t find it anywhere first.

@thoro4star Месяц назад

I went to Lincoln and graduated in 96. 92-96 was lit!

@swizz152 Месяц назад

I left LaSalle in 97. Shammgod, Artest, Barrett, Omar Cook... NYC was on fire.

@timoaksproductions Месяц назад

How old are yall now?

@mcpheefee Месяц назад

Super old 😂

@swizz152 Месяц назад

@@timoaksproductions as old as the ninjas I mentioned and that you're watching.

@louio Месяц назад

5:08 Thank You!!!!

@StanFlacko Месяц назад

What brand is his shirt?

@Ron1214 Месяц назад

Good one

@unclejj9600 Месяц назад

Many of us boys who had older sisters put on they're shoes or clothes to be FRESH at school

@downermartez Месяц назад

alotta top ranked players are just tall guys who can dunk if you a 6’5 guard in high school you probably are bigger than everyone you play and when you get to the nba u gotta actually have a jumper to last

@derald614 Месяц назад

Depends on where u play. Lenny coming out of New York was that dude and played against top talent. I think coming out the big city also hurt him because of the people who had access to him early.

@Tiger_Woods Месяц назад

Listen to the way Vlad says OK he sound like a cop 😂

@johnniejones4109 Месяц назад

This dude gives really good insight

@chrisc5526 Месяц назад

Bro gives good interviews

@FrankGallagher1700 14 дней назад

Lenny was only ranked higher cause he was 19 going on 20 lol Lebron had just turned 16 Lenny was a man playing boys

@Royale5600 Месяц назад

Cooke was 2 years older than bron at the time which makes it even more crazy

@kivans7355 Месяц назад

Who told Bassy he was fly? 😕🤣🤣

@jugmanetay Месяц назад

Lebron is like a LB/DE Who Decided To Play Basketball And Became Very Good

@stringer2295 Месяц назад

Facts

@mythoughtsmyfaultspodcast Месяц назад

That sneaker story hilarious

@daybagodiswithyou9302 Месяц назад

He ain’t like the twitter download lol

@joejohnson4613 Месяц назад

For a second I thought vlad was implying that he keeps up with the ABCD camp.

@lamart3857 Месяц назад

The addidas fro 😂😂😂

@thehometeam206 21 день назад

Best Interview on RU-vid 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

@kgibson7724 Месяц назад

I like Sebastian…really rooting for homie!

@styner3 Месяц назад

You could see in the documentary Lenny trying to get out of doing drills, he didn't want to do the extra work and teams saw that.

@meleason9758 Месяц назад

now Kenny working at the Dairy Queen putting sprinkles on ice cream cones boyyyyyyyy

@miro11912 27 дней назад

💀💀

@ralphgreenwood2469 23 дня назад

Its a job. Beats a blank

@Norma1250 Месяц назад

LENNY COOKE WAS NEVER BETTER THAN LEBRON 😂 he was just more known because he was from NY and he was athletic but raw skill wise without polish

@joejoiner8582 Месяц назад

Not to mention he was way older

@dominiquewilson Месяц назад

Lebron wasn’t polished

@joejoiner8582 Месяц назад

@@dominiquewilson I hope so he was a senior when he was ranked over Lebron who was only a sophomore

@quanbrooklynkid7776 Месяц назад

@@dominiquewilson yea

@derald614 Месяц назад

Exactly. Lenny was from NY and he was that dude he beat Melo twice I believe.

@LatrellSprewell15 Месяц назад

There are people on courts right now down the street from you who have NBA talent but simply wont get the break they need to make it. It happens. Sadly

@quanbrooklynkid7776 Месяц назад

Yup

@jman1562001 Месяц назад

Getting breaks is one thing. But you got to be seen and connected. Plus the poltics of ball is bigger then just talent. Can you be a professional and let certain traits go to be a professional.

@Breakdown2breakthroughcoachte Месяц назад

I knew it. I use to be able to find the doc “ through the fire” anytime on RU-vid. Once telfair started doing interviews the doc got ghost. It was good regardless.

@tylerc6558 17 дней назад

I don’t want to say this is specific to Lenny but there are a handful of jobs for superstar players. The rest everyone finds a role, and sometimes it’s doing things you don’t necessarily want to do but that’s how you stay in the league. Not everyone gets to be Kobe or Lebron for a team.

@vladtv Месяц назад

Watch the full interview now as a VladTV RU-vid Member - ru-vid.comjoin

@evansimmons2423 Месяц назад

“Bout to take some Lebron and stick it on people” is wild Diddy lmao cmon Bassy

@will1079 Месяц назад

Playing ball is boots is nasty NY work.

@wildlife876 Месяц назад

Rikers work

@mrwe5 Месяц назад

DC4L

@newelldavis1858 Месяц назад

my homie use to hoop in super timbs /40 belows 😂..by choice tho

@-lowe5765 26 дней назад

Lot of respect for Telfair for this one.

@youngkid102206 Месяц назад

2 things Bassy love Jay z Lebron

@integrafreak1 Месяц назад

Damn it man, He breathes just like us

@marvinsanders3847 Месяц назад

Vlad you made a li change to your intro? Cause everyone has bit off your intro

@InternationalMarv Месяц назад

I heard about this back in the day. Repect to Lebron beating the odds

@timweb1510 Месяц назад

Respect to lebron’s dirty rat momma for beating the odds🤓

@adamdouthy8023 Месяц назад

@@timweb1510respect to your dirty rat momma not beating the odds lmao

@Gofroze Месяц назад

@@timweb1510yo mom succ major 𓂸 😂 relax

@Bucketsthecake Месяц назад

People fail to realize Lenny is at least 2 years older than his school classification was at the time that played into him not going far along with his conditioning but he was dead nice that’s my guy but real is real

@user-di2kd5cv6d Месяц назад

#33 Jamel Thomas He Had Game!! Shammgod/ Austin Croshere🔥

@deesee2051 Месяц назад

Ppl love the Lenny Cooke was ranked higher than Lebron narrative Lenny is 2 yrs older than Lebron

@localone1597 Месяц назад

Telfair is correct, Cooke was never as good as Lebron. And Cooke was actually a year ahead of Lebron. But he was never as skilled or as good in any way.

@FrankGallagher1700 14 дней назад

He was 2 years ahead of him he was a 19 year old senior was gonna graduate at 20 Lebron had just turned 16 & was a sophomore when they played

@itosmith Месяц назад

Regular guest him Vald🔥🔥

@vintageMIC4000 Месяц назад

Mannnn Sebastian telfair was amazing YO

@justindubose5917 Месяц назад

Get Lenny Cooke on here vlad

@colecarter973 Месяц назад

The Lenny Cooke being ranked over Lebron is overblown. For one Lenny Cooke was in the 2002 class and Lebron was in the 2003 so they didn't come out the same year. Lenny however was ranked higher than Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudimere. He became the number one player in his class when he was the MVP of the legendary ABCD camp back in 2000. The following year at the camp that's when he matchup with Lebron and Lebron got the best of him. Lenny was definitely talented enough to play in the NBA but he made some decision that end up hurting him.

@mjc8788 Месяц назад

Nah fam it’s on RU-vid lol. Its just named Through The Fire lol

@reggiepearson511 Месяц назад

Interview lenny 🤧⚡

@_33Illuminate Месяц назад

If you watched the movie you would’ve seen his bro playing in Europe

@george._sir._gemini.175 Месяц назад

You remember Vanessa bro.😮

@phildo4266 Месяц назад

Buddy dressed like it’s 2003

@tavarusjones2346 13 дней назад

They couldn’t have him in the league, they had already put marketing dollars behind Bron.

@seanm935 29 дней назад

Ctfu when he said “Lebron is the steroid” “shit let me get a shot of lebron right now” 🤣🤣😂 appreciate him keeping it real about Lenny vs Lebron tho

@OmarScruggs Месяц назад

I played against a guy name Jhonny Gordon in highschool. He was top 30 in highschool. Had a full ride to Syracuse and Seton Hall and Maryland. In 11/12 grade he got involved in heavy drinking and selling dope. Never played college ball and been in and out of prison since. This was 1996. Smh. You never know

@rondadonjuan4102 Месяц назад

Y he removed through the fire that was a classic

@stayflyzzzz5094 Месяц назад

We are going to drop it agin

@Crunchtime503 Месяц назад

People say Bron is on steroids because he is still jumping out of the gym and still faster than most players at the age of 40. Every past player lost their athleticism in their early to mid 30’s and Bron is 40 and still able to play the same at 40 like he was at 25. 🤔

@meleason9758 Месяц назад

he looks like big meech

@4ktkaram395 26 дней назад

He was 20 in highschool

@California-king Месяц назад

Them boots was prolly Colorados

@meleason9758 Месяц назад

I heard Stephon wasn’t looking out for him whn he made it

@California-king Месяц назад

Bro said the adidas fro…. Only the kobster

@samuell.jackson8159 13 дней назад

You paid for a Vlad subscription 🥴

@zulufader9313 Месяц назад

His response about LeBron using steroids is the same thing I've been saying for years, LeBron would have to started using the roids at 12 years old because that's how long we've seen him dominate.

@user-sl7xg7so8d 27 дней назад

He look like he been through it

@duanewaller6566 Месяц назад

U gotta get Lenny on the show. I know he need some bread.

@tpb357 Месяц назад

He still shoulda got drafted its crazy 2nd round 3rd round something oh well shit happens

@derald614 Месяц назад

Naw them scouts know and hear everything. They even look at the people around you. They knew lenny was drinking the night before he played Bron etc. They made the right decision on lenny. They wasn't bout to hand him a bunch of money. He was already 19 and failed a grade. I don't think college was an option for him. He was already taking money and shit too. He just had the wrong people around him. The NBA wasn't bout to give him a bunch of money.