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Fez Hammersticks

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Tonight Frye played with poise for the first time since the Spurs game on Halloween. For the entire season he played with no confidence. Tonight Frye looked like a guy that could be a longterm answer at the backup four. But it's only one game but it is encouraging.
 
Channing looked pretty spry out there tonight, taking it the hoop a couple times and showed us something he hasn't done all season long. It was very encouraging but it's too bad he hasn't showed it all year or else he might be a serviceable backup PF for us long term. I still think we need a bruiser down low to back up LaMarcus but I think Channing has one last chance to prove himself with a good playoff showing if he wants to stick around.
 
Fez said:
Tonight Frye played with poise for the first time since the Spurs game on Halloween. For the entire season he played with no confidence. Tonight Frye looked like a guy that could be a longterm answer at the backup four. But it's only one game but it is encouraging.
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He's been very inconsistent this season, but he has had other good games. I remember pointing out how well he played against the Spurs when we blew them out at home on March 1. Actually, he played well in all three games he played in vs. the Spurs (averaged 12.3 PPG against them). He also played well in the loss in Cleveland, tonight, and in our early season blowouts over the Bulls and Heat.

He's definitely a much more effective player when he's aggressive and starts by attacking the paint. That then opens things up for his jumper. Statistically, April was his best month. Like the rest of the team, he seems to be peaking at the right time.

BNM
 
He attacked the basket and got to the line, even.

He also had a couple of very nice passes. If Frye plays like this, he helps the team. Unfortunately, he doesn't do it very often and when he's bad, he's terrible.

Ed O.
 
Uhm, he took like 4 jumpshots and just happened to make 3 of them. The guy's a low IQ player, who looks for his own whenever he does get minutes since they come so scarce. He's a lazy rebounder and defender. Not the long term answer.
 
If he continues to shoot like he has the past few games, I think he could be real weapon against Houston.

One of the reasons Houston matches up badly with Utah is because they have bigs who can drag Yao out of the paint like Okur. I think Frye could effectively play that role for 5 or so minutes every game.
 
Deebag said:
Uhm, he took like 4 jumpshots and just happened to make 3 of them. The guy's a low IQ player, who looks for his own whenever he does get minutes since they come so scarce. He's a lazy rebounder and defender. Not the long term answer.
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Low IQ player? I don't see that at all. He's soft, and tentative, and lousy a lot of the time, but he knows how to play the game. He made a couple of great passes last night, which is more than you can say for Travis Outlaw on any night of his career.
 
Channing didn't lose his backup PF job; Travis took it from him. The White Unit just works better with TO at the four. That being said, when Channing gets more than a couple of minutes at the end of a game and he knows one mistake isn't going to get him benched, generally he does well.

I hope we re-sign him.
 
I don't think it's a fluke, I think it's all about his mobility - he has some back now. He no longer needs to hoist 25 footers with a hand in his face.
 
JDC said:
If he continues to shoot like he has the past few games, I think he could be real weapon against Houston.

One of the reasons Houston matches up badly with Utah is because they have bigs who can drag Yao out of the paint like Okur. I think Frye could effectively play that role for 5 or so minutes every game.
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Exactly. As a matter of fact i was just going to start a post on this topic. LMA like all our big man are going to be in foul trouble and we are going to need Frye to hit that open outside shot when he is in. We will also need his length to front Yao on the double team.
 
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Wizard Mentor said:
I don't think it's a fluke, I think it's all about his mobility - he has some back now. He no longer needs to hoist 25 footers with a hand in his face.
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I wasn't aware that he was playing hurt ALL year long before tonight.

How did his find his mobility all of the sudden? (where has it been?)
 
Kaydow said:
I wasn't aware that he was playing hurt ALL year long before tonight.

How did his find his mobility all of the sudden? (where has it been?)
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It wasn't just last night. Channing has had several decent games since the all-star break:


2/25/09 - 15/7 vs. SAS
3/1/09 - 12/4 vs. SAS
3/19/09 - 14/4 vs. CLE
4/13/09 - 11/6 vs. OKC
4/15/09 - 12/4 (and 3 assists) vs. DEN

After the 3/1 game I commented about how aggressive he was attacking the basket against the Spurs.

One thing I like is that other than the blowout over the Thunder, Frye's recent big games have all come against top teams. I don't know if you can call 4 games over 6.5 weeks a trend, but these are the same kind of teams the Blazers will be facing in the play-offs. It's hard to establish consistency given his sporadic playing time, but any production Channing can provide during the playoffs will be a bonus.

BNM
 
Kaydow said:
I wasn't aware that he was playing hurt ALL year long before tonight.

How did his find his mobility all of the sudden? (where has it been?)
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I've noticed a steady increase in his mobility throughout the last half of the season.
 
Frye is the Anti-Samson. When his grows, his abilities decrease. I think he needs to go full on bald.
 
Wizard Mentor said:
I don't think it's a fluke, I think it's all about his mobility - he has some back now. He no longer needs to hoist 25 footers with a hand in his face.
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Hmm... that's an interesting theory. I hadn't thought of that. He WAS injured before the season started. Could have been nagging him.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Hmm... that's an interesting theory. I hadn't thought of that. He WAS injured before the season started. Could have been nagging him.
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Every other Blazer injured this year came back too quickly, so perhaps Channing had the same thing happen to him too.
 
alex42083 said:
Channing looked pretty spry out there tonight, taking it the hoop a couple times and showed us something he hasn't done all season long. It was very encouraging but it's too bad he hasn't showed it all year or else he might be a serviceable backup PF for us long term. I still think we need a bruiser down low to back up LaMarcus but I think Channing has one last chance to prove himself with a good playoff showing if he wants to stick around.
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even if he plays well in the playoffs I think he's probably gone. I'm sure he wants a bigger role then Portland has and someone will make him a decent offer. About the only way I see him returning is if KP shakes up the roster like by trading Joel to acquire the top flight PG we're always speculating on.

STOMP
 
STOMP said:
even if he plays well in the playoffs I think he's probably gone. I'm sure he wants a bigger role then Portland has and someone will make him a decent offer. About the only way I see him returning is if KP shakes up the roster like by trading Joel to acquire the top flight PG we're always speculating on.

STOMP
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Obviously, he's worried about that. Did you notice that in his postgame chat with RH he jokingly referred
to himself as "The Glue" :biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:
 
Unless Frye morphs into a "Big Shot Bob" for us in this series (or beyond?) I think we've seen the last regular season game from the Frye Guy. I wish him well wherever he lands.
 
Deebag said:
Uhm, he took like 4 jumpshots and just happened to make 3 of them. The guy's a low IQ player, who looks for his own whenever he does get minutes since they come so scarce. He's a lazy rebounder and defender. Not the long term answer.
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Wow . . . I don't think you have an accurate image of Frye. Not saying he is great or even good by NBA standards . . . but this is the first I have heard the accusation he has a low IQ and the implication he is selfish.
 
it's_GO_time said:
Wow . . . I don't think you have an accurate image of Frye. Not saying he is great or even good by NBA standards . . . but this is the first I have heard the accusation he has a low IQ and the implication he is selfish.
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I just hate how whenever he comes in the game, they feed him 2-3 shots immediately to see if he's hot. Unfortunately for us hes rarely hot. I've watched him in pregame / halftime nailing shots (talking 15 in a row for 18 ft) then he can't make a basket if his life depended on it when the game is live. His defense is nothing to boast about either.

I could do without Channing, but I don't know who we could get for him to make it worth our while with our salary cap issue.


And yes, I do realize there were 2-3 games this season where we won because of his help, but in this case I think the cons outweigh the pros. I can see him being a foul man if we make it into the 2nd round, but he would have to get way more physical. I like Channing as a person, but he really needs to work hard in the off season if he wants more minutes next year, pending we don't trade him.
 
Romanski said:
I could do without Channing, but I don't know who we could get for him to make it worth our while with our salary cap issue.
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He's a free agent at the end of the season, so his salary will come off the cap. No muss, no fuss.
 
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