Posted by nyk4ever:

Never wanted Frye. I could go back and find all the posts I made before the draft about how soft he was and how he was nothing but a jumpshooter, but I wont. I also won't bring up the fact that I thought Andrew Bynum, Danny Granger and Gerald Green all had much more potential.

Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by BigC:

I really thought Isiah was going to draft Bynum. I'm not too sold on Green yet but I do like Granger's game.

Do you think Bynum looks good because of his development with Kareem or do you feel he was always this talented?

I think Bynum has always had the talent, but obviously working with Kareem is going to really help. I had seen Bynum play ONCE(since I live in NJ and he went to highschool near where I live) and he was a man amongst boys scoring at will(obviously because of his size) but thats not what I was impressed with, I was impressed with his skills as a 18yr old big man. Just from watching him play you could tell he was going to get better and better and ontop of that he had a very good head on his shoulders which made it nice to know that he was dead set on getting better and better.

Even last year Bynum showed some serious glimpses of good he can be, do you remember that video with Shaq where they get double-techs after Bynum had pulled a hell of a spin move and dunked on Shaq? Man right there, was the definitive point with me on just good the guy could be. I know it was just one move but, DAMN, how many times have you seen that done on Shaq.

I agree about Green but when given the chance to play this year, he has performed pretty well, he's been working on that J and it's getting pretty damn good. Just wait until he can hit that thing with some consistency... watch out, because we all know he can take his man off the dribble.

Granger, what can I say, he's the guy I truly wanted in the draft and I fought as hard as I could on this forum to get his name out there. The guy is the total package, he's basically a veteran player already in this league by the way he carries himself on the court. He can shoot, he can take you off the dribble, he can play defense, the guy is EXACTLY what this team needed.

I think people seriously have to think about this. There were 3/4 guys that Isiah COULD have taken instead of Frye. Bynum, Granger, Green hell even Diogu. The only player who isn't playing better than Frye is Diogu and he hardly gets any burn. That draft pick could have went a LONG LONG LONG way to helping this franchise out, had they selected Bynum/Green/Granger but instead they chose Frye and the guy is exactly what I was afraid he'd be; a jumpshooting big man who is soft and afraid to go downlow. Frye right now serves no purpose on this team. Just imagine what things would look like had we had drafted Granger, I think this team looks alot different if we're lining up with Danny Granger at the 3 every night. Sigh.

[Edited by - nyk4ever on 03-16-2007 5:44 PM]

Posted by nixluva:

I still think it's too soon to give up on Frye. I've seen enough from him to tell that he has the talent. Right now most of his problems are mental. Then you have the fact that isiah hasn't really figured out how to use him. Isiah has abandoned any offense that includes Frye. For the most part it's all Curry all the time. I don't think he has to do that to the detriment of Frye. He could easily mix in some pick and pops for Frye and Some more post ups as well. Boris Diaw is a perfect example of how a guy can look lost in the wrong offense. As soon as he got a chance to play to his strengths he was fine. I think Frye has been given the short end of the stick this year by Isiah. Frye isn't a super strong rebounder, so relegating him to that won't work. We need him to be put in the mix more. Have him get more touches so his shot is on. We know the guy can score and yet we have him now where he's not confident.

Posted by SlimPack:

I think we should keep frye. his value is low and I think he's going to get better.