Will Blazers have a role for Frye?
by RipCity 4 days ago

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http://www.blazersedge.com/2008/4/12/142850/237

And it’s four days old, and my post covers different ground.

He’s great off the bench and he loves Portland, what more would we want in a backup PF/C???

I love his post-game comment last night something along the lines of “I don’t care what anybody says, we’re going to play our butts off until the season is over.”

It felt like sort of a backhanded swipe at the comments Roy made after the Sacto game, and there are some comments from Frye in today’s Tribune that are comparable. Not that I’m anti-Roy, but it pleased me that he was willing to gently repudiate our glorious leader when he said something that was clearly amiss.

Frye’s also been one of our steadiest players the 2nd half.

He’s got another year, let’s see how that goes. Right now I wouldn’t part with him.

...and Frye is just the guy to do it—all by himself! I love his personality and his versatility; he’s truly a “buffet of goodness.” Having said that, I hope we don’t get burned by his end-of-season push. That’s happened before, remember.

Joel hit the boards all season long; Channing just came on towards the end. I’m delighted to see he can do it, and I want to think it’s the result of all his hard work with Bayno and in the weight room. But I can’t entirely erase the memory of all those games earlier in the season when Channing was MIA in the paint. I hope that wasn’t the “real” Channing Frye.

Personality, skills, position, etc … He’ll fit perfectly next to Joel on the second unit, and can easily step in as a productive starter should LMA go down with injury (knock on wood).

He’s perfect for this city, too, and KP knows that.

Thankfully he’ll be a restricted FA, so we’ll have the right to match, and I don’t think he’s shown enough for other teams to pay through the nose to get him. If I had to guess, he’ll be extended at a reasonable rate and be a part of this team for a long time.

KP knows his value, though. And if he gets traded, you better believe it’s for something good …

And I’m glad that people are spelling the word weird correctly. One of my pet peeves.

I’d be more bummed about losing Channing right now than just about anyone outside of the big three (Marty might be the only exception). He’s just getting better and better.

Good playoff teams have multiple bigs, usually at least three good ones. If we have Greg, LMA, Prz and Frye we are gonna be so loaded up front it’s ridiculous.

Plus Channing will play very well with Greg too when LA is in foul trouble or “whatever.”

but I will say again: this year we lacked depth in the frontcourt. Why get rid of what can be a strength next year.

Also, if you upgrade in talent, will you get the same quality person and how will they deal with playing behind LMA?

That his portland-centric personality has really grown on me.
He is the first player in a long time that Im willing to overlook his basketball talents for his role he could serve in the community and locker room.
Im not saying that I dont like his game in fact I think he has a sweeter outside stroke than L.A. at this point.
It’s just…...how many soft “perimeter” oriented power forwards can you have?
I think the perfect bench PF for us would be a Jason Maxiell, Paul Milsap, Craig Smith type banger, intimidator.

................................... He advanced from the ranks of the useless to “guy with trade value” in the last 10 games, but I am not fooled. I believe the first 70 games are more reflective than the last 10. Frye is NOT good at the low post, he is a perimeter jump shooter.

Gimme a low post rucker like Kevin Love—that’s what this team needs. NOT another perimeter shooter.

Frye has become a valuable trade chip for a PG, which is great news for the Blazers.

I have a hunch KP will differ and will keep him around. But we’ll see; KP is a former PG himself and Nate is a former PG, so that’s a position that’s going to draw a lot of attention.

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