21.   A talented team that is playing hard but not smart.

22.   A talented team with a small home stadium, on the other hand, means a need to generate revenues through television appearances.

23.   A talented team that never even hinted at contention.

24.   Abdur-Rahim admits that he arrived in Maui last month with the idea that working out with the talented team would amount to pineapple-picking.

25.   After qualifying as the sixth-seeded team in the Eastern Conference, the Sabres beat a very talented Philadelphia Flyers team in the first round.

26.   All the Yankees have proved lately is that they have become a once- talented team in disarray.

27.   Brent is the more talented player but Jon is on the more talented team.

28.   Buffalo, the more talented team on both sides of the ball, can play poorly and win.

29.   But as long as Kariya stays healthy, this thinly talented team will be in that pack of mediocrity behind the elite four.

30.   But as UCLA showed in April without a certain point guard, talented teams have a way of overcoming the loss of a key player.