Posted by MS:

What is so delusional if you play balkman the same number of minutes i think your looking at

10pts 8rbs 2ass 2stl 2blks

AK is a starter in this league. Balk is a backup. Until Balk actually plays those mins you can't extrapolate what he is going to do. Look what happened with Frye. Your weaknesses get exposed and your opponents key in on them.
Also, this was an off year for AK. If he is healthy, he is a 16ppg player, +3 blocks.

The comparison between balkman and frye isn't really warranted. Balkman gets his points because he is a hustler is more athletic than just about everyone, is long and fast. He has overall skills.

Frye really doesn't have any skills outside of his shooting. He is slow, has bad hands, can't really jump and doesn't know how to use his body.

Balkman was putting up those numbers when he got the minutes, isiah just really misused him to justify his jefferies mistake

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Frye really doesn't have any skills outside of his shooting. He is slow, has bad hands, can't really jump and doesn't know how to use his body.

I wish you weren't right, but you are.

Posted by Ira:

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Frye really doesn't have any skills outside of his shooting. He is slow, has bad hands, can't really jump and doesn't know how to use his body.

I wish you weren't right, but you are.

Funny how no one was saying this after last season.

I still believe that Frye has the talent to play better than he did last year. It was all in his head. It wasn't the defenses catching up with him. It was just him and to some extent Isiah not really giving him a solid role. He's not David Lee or Balkman, who can just will their way into games with pure hustle and instinct. Frye is more robotic, but he can play. There was one game where he was flying all over the place, shooting, running the floor and finishing on the break. He looked great! I said to myself, anyone who can run the floor, catch the ball and throw it down like that has the talent he just has to find himself.

It's nothing that a bit of training on up faking and then putting the ball on the floor wouldn't cure. He has the weapon as far as a jumper, but he hasn't fully developed his game yet. Being able to drive a bit would make a huge difference. He's also a better help defender than he get's credit for. He's not a great natural shotblocker, but he can block shots. He just needs to keep his defensive head and react sooner. If I was a Knick Coach, i'd be in his head constantly to think the game in a more active way. Simple stuff like seeing his man and the ball, so that he can more quickly slide over to shut down penetrators. Using his eyes and natural shooting motion to fool defenders and then go around them. Not hesistating when he's got the shot. Be confident and just shooting it cuz he's one of our best shooters.

Great points above. Fyre has the tools to be a solid starter IMO, he just lacks the confidence and know-how right now. For some reason, he seems to rush his jumper even though he is 6'11" and usually always has space to get it off. My hope is that he gets it together this summer. If he comes back strong this year, we should have a good trading asset to maybe make a run at Kobe or whatever other star player will inevitably become available near the trade deadline.

Channing Frye could benefit from some patience.

He has a strong work ethic and is one of the more intelligent players on the roster. His outside shot is a thing a beauty. He's an attractive 6'11 and still has the room for a few pounds of muscle. Put him on a red meat diet and have him listen to The Diabolical Biz Markie for the entire month of August.

Find Frye a wild woman to keep him loose and playing intuitively. He'll be okay.


Then again, if Rashard Lewis is available all bets are off