Frye's With That

by Dave on Sep 8, 2008 8:08 AM PDT

We were remiss in not catching Casey Holdahl's Three-Part Series on Channing Frye last week. Great stuff, including his off-season workout, his style of play, and frank talk about contracts. Check out all three parts.

--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)

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He announced it himself

In that day’s junk drawer ;-)

Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."

by Norsktroll on Sep 8, 2008 9:56 AM PDT reply actions

Disappointment

I just got really excited and actually re-read through several old junk drawers hoping to find Channing himself pimping his interview. Dang. Just good ol’ Lance Uppercut. I’d be willing to bet Channing lurks around here every so often, though.

Also, I highly recommend not ever reading junk drawers after the fact.

< /war >

by Diesel10 on Sep 8, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Sorry, yeah, I thought just the fact that Casey announced it was special enough

Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."

by Norsktroll on Sep 8, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions

I think he is keepportlandweird

Kilroy was here.

by tominhawaii on Sep 8, 2008 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions

I think he is tominhawaii

The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.

by jscot on Sep 9, 2008 6:01 AM PDT up reply actions

I think you're off topic

Link

Kilroy was here.

by tominhawaii on Sep 9, 2008 7:14 AM PDT up reply actions

god i love fry.

Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624

by ratbastird on Sep 8, 2008 2:05 PM PDT reply actions

Take it easy man, salivating is fine, but not on the keyboard

by 0004248939 on Sep 8, 2008 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions

It took me a better part of the day

to get the headline.

I’m pathetic.

by grimc on Sep 8, 2008 3:34 PM PDT reply actions

Oh, because "Frye" sounds just like "Frie," yep, you are pathetic.

Unfortunately your admission of guilt inevitably means the revocation of your Blazersedge account. We’ll miss you.

by 0004248939 on Sep 8, 2008 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions

"Contract year play" is like cramming for a test in school, God bless it

by 0004248939 on Sep 8, 2008 4:05 PM PDT reply actions

I know this is premature.

If Frye keeps improving, at what point do you at least think about trading LMA? Before you lambaste me at least consider this:

1: Frye is a better rebounder than Lamarcus. He has the 17 highest rebounding rate amongst power forwards while Lamarcus is 39th.

2: Frye is cheaper.

3: Frye is already a slightly more efficient shooter than Lamarcus. (including on midrange jumpers.) If he turns out to be a legit 3 point shooter his true shooting percentage should be even higher.

4: From everything I’ve read, Frye appears to be a better leader and locker room guy.

5: If he does become a legit 3 point shooter he will spread the floor for Oden and Roy even more.

6: Frye loves Portland, LMA loves Dallas. (See #2)

The big thing you lose by trading Lamarcus is interior defense. Normally that would be a huge loss, but with defensive minded bigs like Oden and Pryzbilla you’re probably going to be alright without him.

What this team lacks is a great perimeter defender. The Blazers might be better off with a guy like Prince or Harris defending the perimeter and keeping Oden out of foul trouble. What’s the point in having two great interior defenders if they are going to be in foul trouble all the time? It would also allow Travis to get more minutes at power forward.(I’m not sure if that’s a good thing).

I don’t know, just a thought.

If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.-Charles Barkley

by Winchester on Sep 8, 2008 6:03 PM PDT reply actions

Its OK to think about trading LMA

But only if you get someone really good in return.

Aside from interior defense, another important advantage that LMA has over Frye is better post scoring. LMA can be effective whether he is near the basket or away from it, while Frye is more of an outside shooting specialist. This gives you additional versatility because you can pair LMA with a shooter or a post player and he will do well either way, while Frye really needs to be paired with a player who can provide some interior scoring.

by trk on Sep 8, 2008 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions