Frye's quickness and speed upcourt were what I was impressed with for a big guy. He's no Amare, certainly, but he's faster than most bigs he'll be matched up against. eh, I don't know, like I said in another thread, I'm just looking forward to the pick because I have a lot of faith in how Zeke and Suhr scout.

Posted by crzymdups:

Frye's quickness and speed upcourt were what I was impressed with for a big guy. He's no Amare, certainly, but he's faster than most bigs he'll be matched up against. eh, I don't know, like I said in another thread, I'm just looking forward to the pick because I have a lot of faith in how Zeke and Suhr scout.

Have to give any player a true fair chance.

I'm talking about last 2 years. Before his senior season he was in the 2nd round. After the tourney he was a bubble first rounder or in the mid 20's, depending on who declared. He's never been considered a top flight/lottery caliber player until some great workouts propelled him there.

I'll just say, I wouldnt want to bypass either Granger or Graham and if those guys are gone, Im willing to give Frye a very fair chance. I just hope he can bring it every night. Its good that he was able to put on 16 pounds to 243 and jack his bench press up in 6 weeks. I want to know what the cat has in his cheerios.

Posted by Allanfan20:

Maybe he switched to Lucky Charms.

Either that or he's been hanging out with Jason Giambi recently.

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Posted by crzymdups:

I think people have been misled about this guy's weight. He never weighed anything near 220 in the last two years, as Briggs has said. The Arizona wesbite has him listed at 248 for his playing career. Read this article from the Arizona website:

Frye wakes up every day at 8 a.m. He is at the gym and working out within an hour. His morning workout focuses on fundamentals and conditioning with the idea of replicating an NBA-caliber workout.

At 10 a.m., he moves on to the weight room. For the next two hours, Frye will go through a fast-paced, explosive workout with multiple sets, followed by supersets, and quick transitions to the next exercise.

Following the workout, Frye has to run a mile in less than 6:30 two times per week. After that, it’s on to treatment and lunch around 1 p.m. Every day after lunch, Frye takes 15 minutes just to get off his feet before he heads back into the gym.

The Phoenix native shoots on his own during the afternoon session, which lasts about 90 minutes. Here he works on form, footwork and technique. By 3:30 p.m. he’s on his way back to the apartment to relax.

“We have a lot of good people here,” explained Frye. “It’s a great staff. I’m having a blast and at the same time I’m working hard. I would have never thought I’d be in the situation that I’m in right now. A lot of that was through hard work, staying humble, and just enjoying the moment.

“Too many people get caught looking into the future with a lot of what-ifs instead of taking care of today. If you take care of today and leave it all on the court, you won’t have to worry about what-if because you know you gave it your all.”

Obviously, something is working for Frye. When he arrived in Chicago, he weighed about 243 pounds. He’s already added seven pounds to his 6-foot-11 frame. He has a goal of weighing 255 pounds by draft day.

“I hope people see the progress that I’ve made just in this last month,” said Frye. “Working with the people here in Chicago, I’ve gained seven pounds and I feel that my skills have improved by 50 percent. I’m in great shape, my jumper looks good, and my post game is better. If I continue to stay hungry, continue being a gym rat, I feel like the sky is the limit for me.”

His size, ability and the quality of his work have helped push him near the top of the draft on most experts’ lists. That luxury has allowed Frye to forego many individual workouts prior to the Chicago Pre-Draft Camp.

“I don’t think much will change for me (as the draft gets closer),” said Frye. “I think my spot is pretty much set. I will probably go between four and 11. Where I lie between those picks is where I lie. I’ve just got to work hard. Right now, I’m just trying to stay humble and work towards being the best.”

http://www.arizonaathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=8155&SPID=518&DB_OEM_ID=1600&ATCLID=122773



Its great to hear he is working out hard like that, Im glad. Its very positive because there is like a 95% chance that he is our pick, and he should be a guy who has something to prove.

But for the record, he just weighed in at 243 a few days ago at the draft camp and multiple reports said he put on 16-20 pounds before it. So is this paper saying he gained an additional 7 pounds in the last 5 days? So someone is fibbing! But who cares about that. the good thing is hes working hard and that will help him. If he can truly get himself in gret shape and keep it, he has fundamental parts of his game that should make him play very well.

Posted by BRIGGS:

Its great to hear he is working out hard like that, Im glad. Its very positive because there is like a 95% chance that he is our pick, and he should be a guy who has something to prove.

But for the record, he just weighed in at 243 a few days ago at the draft camp and multiple reports said he put on 16-20 pounds before it. So is this paper saying he gained an additional 7 pounds in the last 5 days? So someone is fibbing! But who cares about that. the good thing is hes working hard and that will help him. If he can truly get himself in gret shape and keep it, he has fundamental parts of his game that should make him play very well.

I have to think that 16 pounds of added muscle reported by Chad Ford was wrong. More likely, he went from 235 to 242. I mean, Chad said Warrick added 15 lbs of muscle and Warrick weighed in at 215 at the combine. Does that mean Warrick was playing at 6'9" 200lbs? I doubt it. Warrick has always been listed between 210-220. I have to think Chad either got bad information, or some overly enthusiastic info from someone's agent or trainer.

But if Frye said he added 7lbs, I'm going to believe the man knows his own body that well. He said he's added 7lbs since he got to Chicago. 7lbs in 6 weeks, working your butt off everyday doesn't sound too unhealthy, it sounds extremely natural.

Frye just seems to be just like Marcus Camby. I think that he will develop into a good player but not with the team who drafts him, a la Camby. He will prolly get knocked around the first couple years and maybe injured and will move on to a Camby like career. I would rather take Graham just based on the flexibility it gives us with Craw, Steph Himself and Ariza...I mean Graham has the capability to play possibly 4 positions (he is a little undersized but maybe we will see a smaller lineup of Marbury, Craw, Ariza and Graham all on the floor at the same time in VERY small stretches). I think Drafting Graham and Turiaf, who may be strong enough and big enough to play center a la Etan Thomas.