OT: Channing Finds His Confidence Tonight

[Webster's Dictionary]

Channing Frye starts at center for the 2nd straight game:
22 points on 8-12 shooting, including 6-7 from down town.
8 Rebounds
3 Steals

That is a very good night. Even if he has a great year, I'm not going to complain that we let him go. He showed nothing here in Portland last year, but I hope for the best for him as long as it doesn't impede us, and just wish he could have found that confidence coming off the bench.

 

[mrkorb]

And then he gets no mention in the game recap video on ESPN. Oh well, I'm happy for him.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Getting out of Nate's system has done wonders for Channing. Phoenix has great spacing that allows Frye to hit extremely wide open jumpers.

 

[The Sebastian Express]

Good for Channing.

 

[Tince]

I wonder how many people can be happy for Frye without ripping on someone in our organization?

 

[Blazer_Hippie]

I wonder how many people can be happy for Frye without ripping on someone in our organization?

I'm happy for Channing and I'm not going to rip anyone in the organization.

I'll start the count: 1

 

[alex42083]

I'm happy as well for Channing. The guy can play if he was in the right system, and got consistent minutes like many people thought. He was just plain terrible here in the backup minutes behind LA. But he's someone I'd root for to succeed in the league.

 

[Deebag]

People didn't want him here because he didn't play the role we wanted him to play correctly. He's a good player, no doubt. Boy can put up points. But all of us were expecting/wanting a tough bruiser at that backup PF position, not Aldridge-lite.

 

[jlprk]

Too bad Sergio didn't land in Phoenix.

 

[Webster's Dictionary]

People didn't want him here because he didn't play the role we wanted him to play correctly. He's a good player, no doubt. Boy can put up points. But all of us were expecting/wanting a tough bruiser at that backup PF position, not Aldridge-lite.

I don't think that's completely true. Yes, we would have liked to see him more physical on the defensive end, but he didn't hit wide open jumpers at all last year. Had he done that, he would have been valuable to us. Not ideal, but valuable.