Bassy strikes up the band

[Eggcentric at aol.com]

> Egg,
> 
> Maybe you're privy to information that the rest of us aren't, but I was
> going by what I read in the article, which stated this:
> 
> "Telfair then called a friend for help, asking that he and his fiancee be
> escorted back to the parking lot."
> 
> So from that sentence we're supposed to infer, as you apparently do, that
> Telfair called in an assasin?  Or maybe he called one of the guys who'd just
> robbed him, and they in turn shot the rapper?
> 
> And where's the "witness" who overheard Telfair's call?  Don't see him or
> her mentioned in the article, only a league source.  The only witness
> mentioned is Telfair himself.
> 
> Nor, for that matter, does the article say that Telfair didn't recognize
> anyone in the lineup.
> 
> When it comes to Celtics, guilty until proven innocent, right?
> 
> Jeff White
> 
> 
First off, oh ye of little faith.   Secondly, I think reaks is reeks.   
Now on to the MEAT.   

What you read in Shira's article was, as usual, the Celtics' 
version of what transpired.    What are the odds that her
league source was Ainge?   Unfortunately, more will be 
coming out.   But for now, here's an article from this
morning's NY Post online edition which may explain
some of my statements. 


UNFABULOUS NIGHT FOR FABOLOUS
RAPPER BUSTED AFTER GETTING SHOT

By JAMIE SCHRAM, LARRY CELONA and LUKAS I. ALPERT

October 18, 2006 -- Rapper Fabolous was shot in the leg in a Manhattan 
parking garage early yesterday after he and his crew left a swank eatery 
owned by hip-hop guru Sean "Diddy" Combs, cops said.

The golden-tongued rhymer was then arrested along with three pals 
when cops stopped his white Dodge Magnum after it ran a red light 
racing to the hospital, and allegedly discovered two unlicensed 
guns - a 9mm and a .40-caliber pistol - in a hidden compartment 
in the dashboard.

One of the guns had its serial number filed off, cops said.

Fabolous, 28, was leaving Justin's Bar and Restaurant in Chelsea at 
around 12:35 a.m. when a gunman accosted him and his friends as 
they headed to a recording studio and unloaded as many as nine shots. 
Fabolous was hit once in the right thigh, police said.

The handcuffed rapper, wearing a gray sweatsuit from Diddy's "Sean John" 
clothing line, limped out of the 13th Precinct station house early this morning, 
aided by two police officers who led him into a patrol car.

Fabolous answered "No!" when asked by reportersif he saw who shot him. Two of 
the men arrested with him, Rascharm Davis, 29, and Percell German, 23, also 
insisted they didn't see the shooter. The other man arrested, Kevin Bass, 18, 
had no comment.

The four were charged with weapons possession and possessing a defaced gun.

Boston Celtic basketball star Sebastian Telfair - in town to play the Knicks 
- was among the patrons at Justin's on Monday night.

Telfair left the club prior to the shooting and went to retrieve his car from 
the same parking garage, but returned a short time later complaining that he 
had been robbed of a $50,000 gold chain, a witness said.

When asked by restaurant security if he wanted to call police, Telfair said 
"No."

The witness said Telfair then made a quick call on his cellphone in which he 
was heard to tell someone, "Get over here and take care of it."
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 Telfair - a phenom at Brooklyn's Lincoln HS and a cousin of Knick Stephon 
Marbury - left last night's game during the second half to go to the station 
house and view police lineups.

Cops said no charges had been filed in relation to the theft of Telfair's 
chain.

"Nobody suspects him of anything," Telfair's lawyer, Ed Hayes, said outside 
the station house. "He's being cooperative. He's a witness."

Police have not determined a motive for the shooting of Fabolous, but were 
looking at the near-fatal shooting of his brother, Paul Cain, 26, two months ago 
in Brooklyn to see if that crime could be related.

Following yesterday's shooting, the hip-hop star was taken to Bellevue 
Hospital and later released into police custody.

At the station house, Fabolous declined to answer questions, the sources 
said.

His lawyer, Alberto Ebanks, insisted that his client was the victim and that 
neither of the guns in the car belonged to him.

"I wish they would turn this thing around and treat him like he's the victim 
of a crime. My client was shot and the perpetrator is still out there," he 
said.

But Police Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday blasted the lack of Cooperation 
by Fabolous and his entourage.

"There seems to be some kind of culture of not coming forward with 
information even if you're the victim of a crime," he said.

"We certainly hope that's not the case here. But so far, that's what's 
happening."

The rapper's hits have included, "Breathe" and "Can't Deny It."

Fabolous, born John Jackson, was arrested outside a nightclub in 2003 with an 
illegal handgun.

Earlier that year, he was busted twice on the same day: first for driving 
with a suspended license, and later on weapons possession when cops found two 
loaded guns in his car after he ran a red light.

Additional reporting by John Doyle, Perry Chiaramonte, Mark Bulliet, Leonard 
Greene and Lorena Mongelli

jamie.schram at nypost.com