Danny Turner, who has been by Sebastian Telfair’s side for most of the Lincoln High star’s basketball career, will be there today, as well.

“I wouldn’t miss this,” said Turner, Telfair’s brother and an assistant coach at Lincoln. During the pair’s four years together at the Coney Island school, the Railsplitters captured three straight PSAL championships.

Telfair will hold a press conference today at the ESPN Zone in Times Square, and by all accounts will announce that he is entering next month’s NBA Draft.

“No one has worked harder to get where he’s at than he has,” Turner said. “He deserves everything he’s getting.”

The hard work Telfair has put in took him to Greece for two weeks, where he worked out with his brother Jamel Thomas’ professional team.

Telfair returned to Brooklyn over the weekend and spent part of yesterday at a photo shoot.

Telfair figures to be one of potentially a dozen high school players who will submit their names for this year’s draft. Unlike some others, however, Telfair also is expected to sign a deal with a shoe company, which will make it impossible for him to take his name out of the draft.

J.R. Smith of St. Benedict’s (Newark) and Al Jefferson (Prentiss, Miss.) said yesterday that they were entering the draft, but neither signed with an agent. That enables them to still go to college should they change their mind.

In December, as Louisville coach Rick Pitino watched Telfair play at Fordham University, the coach acknowledged the unusual situation that he was in.

“You want him to play as well as he can,” said Pitino, who had signed Telfair to a letter of intent. “But you know that if he plays as well as he is capable of, you might lose him. You just have to wait and see.”

Pitino gave up waiting a while ago and today he’ll know for sure.

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Quote: “No one has worked harder to get where he’s at than he has.” – DANNY TURNER, Telfair’s brother