41.   But professional basketball is less about effort than about having excessively tall and talented players.

42.   But Taylor did have something in common with Shawn Kemp in that he was an Indiana native and played professional basketball out of high school.

43.   But when your major is professional basketball, the course requirement can be brutal.

44.   But when he thinks of professional basketball, never mind Portland or San Diego or LA.

45.   Chandler, in a sense, represents the latest incarnation in the evolution of the professional basketball player.

46.   Charlie Ward played against top-caliber competition, won the Heisman but was not drafted by an NFL team and is now playing professional basketball.

47.   Charles Barkley of the Houston Rockets professional basketball team, who grew up in the Birmingham area, has taken a floor.

48.   Casino executives name Willis, professional basketball players Rodman and Charles Barkley and magazine publisher Larry Flynt.

49.   Caviezel said he was hoping to become a professional basketball player until he realized that he did not quite have the speed or size needed.

50.   Cleveland Cavaliers center Brad Daugherty officially announced his retirement today, after being declared permanently disabled to play professional basketball due to chronic back problems.