Lawrence Funderburke is what you might call an NBA niche player. You know the type. You see them on every team, in every city, at all different positions.


Charles Oakley is a niche player. Scot Pollard is a niche player. Bruce Bowen is a niche player. Rick Fox is a niche player who traveled from the Bahamas to Boston to Los Angeles, who went from the bench to prison ("Oz") to a starting job with the world champs -- and who got the girl (Vanessa Williams), too!