Former UA assistant talks about Frye’s development
Tention: Frye was raw when he started at Arizona
MONDAY’S GAMES (Tucson times)
Milwaukee at San Antonio (Jefferson), 6:30 p.m.
Chicago at Portland (Bayless), 8 p.m.
FEATURED EX-CAT LINKS:
>>Hawks’ Bibby sprains left ankle (listed day-to-day) (USA Today)
>>Agent Ego? (Washington Post)
>>NBA & ABA players who attended the University of Arizona (Basketball-Reference.com)
| Excerpt of article written about former UA center Channing Frye in SLAM Online:
“Flash back to the fall of ‘01 in Tucson, AZ. Frye, the lanky but accomplished big from St. Mary’s High School in Phoenix, having earned statewide Player of the Year honors from the Arizona Republic just months before, was a clean slate. “I think when he entered Arizona as a freshman, he was 6-10, wasn’t really strong inside and hadn’t really developed a perimeter shot,” recalled Stanford Assistant Coach Rodney Tention, who served on Lute Olson’s staff from 1997-2005. It was no matter. Frye displayed an early propensity for busting it in practice, seldom missing an opportunity to improve his play some way, somehow. “He had an unbelievable work ethic. Just unbelievable,” Tention said. “He liked being coached—just about the fundamentals, something [the coaching staff] harped on.” |
As his game improved, so did his stroke. By the time his college career had entered its twilight, he had established his face-up ability, his range had increased, and his willingness to use both had shown itself, notably in his senior year’s final game against Illinois. He rode the success to a high pick but the wrong town in the 2005 NBA Draft—a lottery selection that sent him to the Knicks, a degenerative franchise that ultimately wouldn’t accommodate his skill set.”
Please read the rest of the article: Frye from Deep (SLAM Online)
LINE OF THE DAY:
| Player | FG | 3FG | FT | Reb. | Ast. | Pts. | |||||||
| Frye, PHO vs. Det | 2-4 | 2-3 | 4-4 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
Tags: Channing Frye, Gilbert Arenas, Mike Bibby
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