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Former NBA star Sebastian Telfair expressed hope that President Donald Trump would pardon him as he would report to prison on Tuesday for violating the conditions of his release.
Telfair was among the former NBA players caught in a fraud scam. He got a suspended judgment for his role in fraud.
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Minnesota Timberwolves Guard Sebastian Telfair, #3, dribbles around Denver Nuggets guard Anthony Carter, #25, during the second half at Target Center in Minneapolis on February 5, 2011. (Jesse Johnson/USA Today Sports)
However, SPORTICO reported in June that Telfair did not succeed in living up to the conditions of his conditional monitored release. He did not live up to his judicial community service and did not report to the US Traming Office and is now ready to spend six months in prison over it.
He told TMZ Sports this week that the situation was “definitely some bulls —.”
“Trump, go into my story, and you definitely want to pardon me. You keep me in charge and want me to continue to do good. But I did too well to send someone to prison,” he told TMZ Sports.
Telfair claimed that the whole question came from a problem of paperwork and that it was “super unfair.”
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Phoenix Suns -Guard Sebastian Telfair, #31, responds to the field during the game against Memphis Grizzlies in the second half at the US Airways Center in Phoenix on January 6, 2013. (Jennifer Stewart/USA Today Sports)
He said that if Trump does not come through for him, he will be in prison and try to improve himself.
Telfair was among 18 former NBA players who were charged in October 2021 to get approx. $ 2.5 million by scaming NBA’s health and welfare benefit plan with a scam involving false medical and dental expenses.
NBA champion Glen “Big Baby” Davis received a 40-month judgment in May 2024.
Telfair reached a plea for an agreement in the case where prosecutors recommended that he earn between 15 and 21 months, according to SPORTICO. He was sentenced to Time Served and three years with a monitored release program.
President Donald Trump speaks during a Purple Heart Day event in the eastern space of the White House in Washington, DC, on Thursday, August 7, 2025. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Telfair was a prominent high school player in New York City. Portland Trail Blazers chose him in the first round of the NBA draft in 2004. He played with eight teams during his 10 -year career.
