Channing Frye appreciation thread

[OrlandO]

[MagicStarwipe]

Thanks for buying my shirts, Channing.

[Big A All Day]

This should be a short thread lol. God speed to you and that amazing TS% tho frye.

[ChosenSavior]

This should be a short thread lol. God speed to you and that amazing TS% tho frye.

Should be as short as his stint with us was...

[Nemesis21]

Thanks Channing

[Melvinlocker]

He was a great spacer in every way. Great floor spacer. Great at creating cap space. Great at creating space on the depth chart.

[Xatticus]

Thank you for subtly making it known to everyone that you were unhappy and wanted to be traded to a winning team after signing a fat contract with a team that had no realistic chance of winning many games over the duration of that contract.

[magic22s]

Thanks for your spacing and shots from downtown. I wish you all the best in the finals.

[FloridaHoosier]

Channing seemed like a genuinely nice guy, glad he got to go to a contender.

[NBlue]

Listening to the talk from the Cavs I think its clear they intend to use him at the 5 o they can go with a lineup of Kyrie, Shumpert, Lebron, Love and Frye at times - their answer to the Warriors death lineup. All 5 players can shoot the 3 - in fact I think Lebron is the worst shooter in that lineup funny enough.

From our acquisition of Frye originally I have been a MASSIVE proponent of Frye at the 5 -- I think it maximizes him and spacing on offense (takes their big out of the paint) and minimizes his biggest issue on D -- his lack of any semblance of ability to move laterally. Despite my strongly held and frequently asserted beliefs in this regard, no Magic coach (and we had 3 during the time we had Frye) every played him more than a brief stretch there. Of course, what do I know.

I think he is actually a better rebounder than given credit for but he just has to actually be positioned near the rim to rebound as he can't move laterally much and can barely jump though he can throw his body around (though he frequently decides against it). Not that he is a good rebounder -- just not terrible. He is a terrible team defender - one of the worst in the league.

I'm really interested to see how he looks at the 5 in Cleveland

[tooler]

Yeah if they are going to double Steph anyway and leave Draymond 4 on 3 again, then he doesn't really have to defend that well. Just stand there and put a hand up. They've voluntarily given up on his man.

I still think GSW edges that matchup over the course of a 7-game series, but it's better than the alternative.

[ORLMagicGirl15]

That's for the personality, loved listening to your interviews. Oh, and thank you for the clear path fouls, never understood what those were all about.

Oh yeah, go and fight for a championship. Good luck.