letsgosuns wrote:I really laugh when I see people say Frye is a huge loss. I cannot stand him even one bit. His ability to space the floor is the only thing that he offers, nothing else. Him a leader? Okay whatever. You know when the Suns started sucking and missing the playoffs? When Frye became a starter. That is right. When Amare left, they expected Robin Lopez and Frye to step up and the addition of Hakim Warrick to help man the middle. What a joke. Lopez was horrible, Frye cannot play inside even in his dreams, and Warrick was just awful.
When the Suns traded Jason Richardson, Hedo Turkoglu, and Earl Clark in the 2010-2011 season, they were under .500. They were basically the exact same team that year as the year prior that went to the WCF minus Amare and Barbosa, yet they were terrible. So like I said, once Frye became the starter after Amare left, the Suns missed the playoffs EVERY YEAR Frye was on the team. The only year they were good with Frye was when he was a bench player in the 2009- 2010 season.
I really like Frye as a person and his attitude and was very happy for him when returned from his year off, but I think he is a bad basketball player. Once the Suns let him go, I felt it was a successful offseason. That is how much I dislike his game. A 6'11" power forward that does nothing but chuck threes all game long? No thanks. Think about it, Frye's contract is barely more than what the Suns gave Isaiah Thomas. Ryan McDonough knew they would never do anything with Frye on the team. That is why the Suns let him go. Frye is not a championship caliber player. At least I do not think so. I am so happy I never have watch another one of his patented 0-7 or 1-8 three pointer games for the Suns again. McD knows what it takes to win the title from his time with the Celtics. It takes big guys that can play inside. Frye does not fit that mold.
People that say frye isn't a big loss have no concept of advanced analytics or the ability of a stretch big's impact on the true shooting percentages of his teammates.
I never once stated that frye was a leader. What I will state, and the numbers PROVE this, is that Frye made the offense more efficient and prolific. This isn't a debate, it is a fact.
Teams could not ice the pick and roll (for those of you who know what that is) because The mere threat that Frye presented when he was on the floor, made that option non existant for opposing defenses.
Frye's presence opened the lanes for our slashers in ways that allowed them to get to the rim, and free throw line, that was not seen in the year he was gone.
There is a reason Frye started right off the bat for this team.
Having said all that, I would not have signed him for the money Orlando gave him. But that does not change the fact that the loss of his gravity will hurt this offense in a major way.
I love Markieff but I love the Markieff that stopped jacking threes and decided to develop a mean mid range game. Having him chuck from distance is not the answer.
To the haters who think I am an "idiot" for thinking Frye is a loss; learn the game, learn the numbers, learn the system.
I was looking up numbers to post here but then I found this article. It says it as well as I could have put it.
http://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2014/ ... -will-miss
