Wheatley, who was the team's No. 1 pick in this year's draft and 17th over all, will in all likelihood become a top-notch player.

So unless they get a top-notch player, the Knicks are better off keeping Sprewell.

They didn't think I was a top-notch player any more and just let me go.

All of the musicians have opportunities to make strong contributions, and the top-notch players (some of the finest) are heard throughout in top form".

"It's good to see Doug playing well and establishing himself as a top-notch player who just wasn't getting time."

But even in a group of top-notch players like this one, those moments are brief; personal modesty is a hallmark.

The Nation commended them for assembling "top-notch players to thread through long, driving meditations a riot of sounds from Beethoven and Hendrix."

"Ab Fas" has a top-notch supporting player in pianist and musical director Russell Churney.

When the salaries of NBA players and industrial league players were comparable in the 1950s, top-notch players saw little advantage to joining the pros.

For all the mystique that surrounds Notre Dame and its 11 national titles, the bottom line is that top-notch players are necessary.