Sentence examples for a complementary player from inspiring English sources

Can Stoudemire become such a complementary player after a career as his team's offensive focal point?

Kidd, though praising the value of the Nets' strong chemistry, sees the need for a complementary player, too.

He knows his teammates are depending on him to be more than a complementary player to Bryant.

Thomas has promoted the idea that Randolph's outside shooting ability makes him a complementary player to Curry.

He had made just one All-Star team and was considered a complementary player, not a leading man.

Richardson was a slick second baseman who was a complementary player on a club that included Mantle, Roger Maris and Yogi Berra.

But each played on a great team, or at least had a great complementary player.

"If you're not asking a lot of him as far as carrying the load offensively, he's a really, really nice complementary player.

Gil Brandt, a former Dallas Cowboys personnel executive who analyzes the draft for NFL.com, called this a class of "complementary" players — a diplomatic way of describing the kind of picks who fill in the holes around stars like Luck and Griffin.

He has come full circle, becoming the modest complementary player he was for his first few seasons, but this time it is harder for him.

These Hornets could produce a playoff buzz thanks to an infusion of complementary players intended to take pressure off Jefferson and Walker.