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Channing Frye
No. 44 – Portland Trail Blazers
PositionPower forward/Center
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1983-05-17) May 17, 1983 (age 41)
White Plains, New York
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight248 lb (112 kg)
Career information
High schoolHendrix Jr.,
St. Mary's
CollegeArizona
NBA draft2005: 8th overall
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career2005–present
Career highlights and awards
2006 NBA All-Rookie Team
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Channing Thomas Frye (born May 17, 1983, in White Plains, New York) is an American professional basketball player with the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers. His positions are center and power forward. He attended the University of Arizona. Standing at 6 ft 11 in and 248 lb, Frye was selected 8th overall by the New York Knicks in the 2005 NBA Draft, and was the first college senior to be selected in that draft. Channing Frye was named the Rookie of the Month for November 2005 along with the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets' Chris Paul.

High school and college

Frye attended Hendrix Jr. High School and later St. Mary's Prep School in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was an all-state and all-metro area player. Frye then spent a full four seasons at the University of Arizona beginning in 2001 and ending in 2005. Frye was an integral part of the Arizona team that went to the Elite Eight in the 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship but was defeated by Illinois.

NBA

New York Knicks

Frye scored his career high of 30 points (14-18 FG, 2-2 FT), along with 7 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1 assist in his first matchup with the number-one pick from the 2005 NBA Draft, Andrew Bogut. He matched his career high on January 6, against the Washington Wizards, shooting 11-13 from the floor and 7-8 from the free throw line. He is considered to be one of the best rookies from the 2005 NBA Draft and was consistently ranked high in the NBA Rookie Rankings [1]. On March 21 2006, Channing sprained his left knee ligament in a game against the Toronto Raptors when Raptors guard Andre Barrett lost his balance and smashed his shoulder into Frye's knee. Channing missed the rest of the 2005-2006 NBA season.

There was much controversy in New York over whether fellow sophomore David Lee should be starting. blog discussion Lee, also a power forward, led the team in rebounding and field goal percentage, and was statistically superior to Frye in almost every category, but Isiah Thomas, until February 3, 2007, kept Frye in the starting lineup. Thomas' rationale was that Frye is a superior perimeter shooter, and his perimeter shooting would make it harder for teams to double team Knicks leading scorer Eddy Curry. On February 3, in a game against the Orlando Magic, Thomas took Frye out of the starting lineup and replaced him with little-used center, Jerome James. James had only appeared in 19 of the Knicks' 48 games, and averaged 2.7 points and 1.9 rebounds in those games. Thomas explained the change, saying, "I think Jerome is one of the best defensive big men in the game in terms of the center position."[1]

Channing Frye was selected to the 2005-06 T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie First Team, and finished fifth in points (45) behind Chris Paul (58), Charlie Villanueva (56), Andrew Bogut (55), and Deron Williams (46).

Portland Trail Blazers

On June 28, the night of the 2007 NBA Draft, Frye, along with Knicks guard Steve Francis, was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Zach Randolph, Fred Jones and Dan Dickau.[2] Frye is wearing jersey #44 after wearing #7 with the Knicks, as guard Brandon Roy already wore #7 for the Trail Blazers. Frye will likely miss the start of the 2008-09 season after having surgery to remove bone spurs from his left ankle.[3]

Personal

Frye is represented by agent Rob Pelinka.[4]

Awards and honors

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005–06 New York 65 14 24.2 .477 .333 .825 5.8 .8 .5 .7 12.3
2006–07 New York 72 59 26.3 .433 .167 .787 5.5 .9 .5 .6 9.5
2007–08 Portland 78 20 17.2 .488 .300 .780 4.5 .7 .4 .3 6.8
Career 215 93 22.4 .462 .243 .805 5.2 .8 .4 .5 9.4

Notes

  1. ^ Curry Carries Knicks Past Magic, February 4, 2007
  2. ^ Marc Stein, Randolph heading to Knicks, Francis shipped to Blazers in draft-day trade, updated June 28, 2007
  3. ^ Frye likely to miss start of season following ankle surgery
  4. ^ "Rob Pelinka". DraftExpress LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-23.

External links

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