Is Sebastian Telfair Really an Upgrade Over John Lucas for
the Raptors?   The HQ takes a closer look at the Sebastian
Telfair trade, wondering if the former high school star is
indeed an upgrade over the present back-up situation.  At one
point Sebastian Telfair and LeBron James were going to take over
the basketball world.  Now, "Bassy" is the newest member of the
Toronto Raptors, thanks to yesterday's trade deadline deal that
sent Hamed Haddadi and a conditional second-round pick to the
Phoenix Suns in exchange for his services.  Telfair was acquired
to help back-up lead point guard Kyle Lowry, a job John Lucas
III is currently undertaking, but could likely use some
assistance with. As's Tim Chisholm noted in his piece on the
trade, the Raps' offence has hardly been a thing of beauty with
Lucas running the show.  However one has to wonder, is Telfair
that much of an upgrade over Lucas, if any?  This morning I
thought we'd take a quick look at the two guards in terms of
some key metrics, and also compare the