11.   Fringe players who believed their NBA shot coming are instead considering overseas or Continental Basketball Association opportunities.

12.   He plays the game with the intensity of a fringe player, which is a compliment.

13.   He decided to try elsewhere in Europe, but apparent open doors started to close quickly when fringe NBA players, stymied by the lockout, went overseas.

14.   He seemed a fringe player at best, and a frivolous one going through a Dennis Rodman phase, dyeing his hair a different hue week by week.

15.   He went from fringe player to All-Star by kicking alcohol and getting into phenomenal shape.

16.   I appreciate it from the fringe player, but I really appreciate it from the star player.

17.   If it fails to break out of its technological niche, it risks becoming simply another fringe player in an industry that is moving rapidly past it.

18.   In the struggle for survival, do any of the exotics have a realistic chance of becoming anything more than fringe players?

19.   It cost him a versatile fringe player.

20.   Some are fringe players.