21.  Smith quickly brushed aside any notion that he would rather have average players to stick together than one great one who might leave.

22.  The average young player was terrified of him.

23.  The average player is tested seven times a season.

24.  The Celtics make a little more money than your average pickup players.

25.  The more concrete data, goals and assists, suggest Kovalev is an average NHL player.

26.  The other players just become average players in the league.

27.  The memories of last season, when his final statistics said he had become an average player, are still with Wayne Gretzky.

28.  The other reason the Jets may say goodbye to some veterans is because they need to get their average player salary down.

29.  The site devotes considerable coverage to teaching average players how to improve their tennis strokes, strategy and fitness.

30.  Too baffled by the athletic and personal inferiority of the average player.