channing frye

On those rare occasions when Frye got several games in a row of 20 or more minutes, he produced, he even rebounded occasionally. But he was never going to get that kind of run here night in and night out.

I’m glad he found a place where he can play.

for Channing, I am glad he found a place that would let him play, there just wasnt room for him in the portland lineup, he was always going to come behind LMA and Oden. He was also a liability on defense, lucky for him Phoenix doesn’t play defense

Of course, he’ll be the same place that Spencer Hawes and Mehmet Okur are this spring when the real NBA teams are still playing…

he’s lighting it up because of the system the Suns use, a system that has been consistently proven to be not effective in the playoffs…they run and gun and everyone gets #s (Joe Johnson and Shawn Marion owe their contracts to Nash and that D’Antoni system), but when the game slows down they fall apart. Yeah Channing is hitting 3’s, good for him- he’s a good guy and I’m glad he’s getting some minutes and success

But we had Aldridge and Oden, so he would have been an afterthought here. He’ll put up great #s this year, and then the Suns will fizzle out of the playoffs when they meet a team with some legit big men (see: Portland, LAL, San Antonio) that actually require him to play down low, guard, and post up.

I don’t know why everybody is surprised that Channing is shooting and making the 3s.

The summer before this last one, he worked hard and he practiced his 3-pt shooting. His intention was to shoot a lot of 3s last year. The problem was he got injured early on and never really became a significant rotation player.

Channing is one of those guys who needs minutes to get going, and there was no way he was going to get those minutes with LaMarcus and Travis ahead of him at PF and Greg and Joel in front of him at C.

Channing is really helping my fantasy team lead the K*be haters league, plus he’s a good guy :)

unfortunately for us his range was limited to just 1 foot inside the 3 point line. the long distance 2 point shot is horrible in regards to risk vs reward. now that he has extended his range just a little, it has done wonders for his TS%.

Unfortunately for Frye, that wasn’t Portland.

Not so much about Travis

Run-and-gun always produces a bunch of points for jump-shooter and quick 4s playing the 5 position.

Happy for Channing though. Seems to have finally found a home…

but I think he would have gotten some PT last year too if he shot the 3. Ability to stretch the D is important to Nate, even if the person doing it is a mediocre defender.

And he’s playing like a much higher pick.

Because Channing Frye is on the home page today I felt it necesary to drop some serious love. As a portlander I am and always will be a die hard blazers fan, but ask me who my favorite blazer of all time is and you will be suprised to hear it is not Clyde the glide or B-Roy. It is, with out a doubt Channing “turn off the water while you are brushing your teeth” Frye. Although his stats where far from impressive due to a lack of playing time on a roster that just didn’t have enough of it to go around, he made up for it with his brilliant personality and his love of everything that was Portland. More often than not you could find him checking out local food/art/music and getting bars to name food dishes and drinks after him. (ex: The Buffalo Gaps “Channing’s fries” and the Montages Channing Frye cockail) he blogged about reality tv and all of the NBA players who where really into World of Warcraft (as he himself was a fan). He once had a contest asking contestants to video tape themselves eating as many pancakes as possible and the most creative submission would win his friends/family tickets to an upcoming game. He rated everything on his “Frye scale” which was a picture of one to five french fries under whatever it was he was reviewing. He notably gave “Saw IV” one burnt frye. When I had the priveledge of meeting him last april at a verizon wireless with about 15 other people I sported my “Frye for Mayor” t-shirt proudly and spent about 5 minutes discussing the latest episode of Bret Micheals Rock of Love Bus. It was magic. To see channing doing so well for the suns is a heart warming feeling. maybe one day he will tell steve nash about the list he made of the sweatiest players in the NBA.

When Frye started the last five games of the 2007-2008 season (because Przybilla was injured), he averaged a double-double. I don’t have the exact numbers in front of me, but that was the first time I thought he could be doing a lot better in the right situation. Very proud of him!