Still, until this season, Chandler had always been seen as a mediocre player.

I was a mediocre player, and he developed a lot of parts of my game.

For the past 10 years, the league has protected its mediocre players at the expense of its stars.

Again, that many mediocre players by definition has to make you pretty much middle-of-the-road, and that's it.

Never have so many mediocre players looked elsewhere to place the blame for their mediocrity.

The fans do not usually boo boring or mediocre players.

"The money has gotten ridiculous in the game for mediocre players," Stewart said.

"We just tried to play the game with too many mediocre players," he said.

It is truly amazing that on a team of such mediocre players Olajuwon could be so productive.

It's not as if he joined an expansion team of mediocre players.