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Channing Frye

Position	Power Forward
Height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Weight	248 lb (113 kg)
Team	New York Knicks
Nationality	United States
Born	May 17, 1983 White Plains, New York
College	Arizona
Draft	1st Round, 8th overall, 2005 New York Knicks
Pro career	2005–present

Channing Thomas Frye (born May 17, 1983 in White Plains, New York) is an American National Basketball Association player with the New York Knicks. His positions are center and power forward. He attended the University of Arizona. Standing at 6 ft 11 in and 248 lb, Frye was expected to be a high pick in the 2005 NBA Draft. He was selected 8th overall by the New York Knicks, 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.

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.

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 match up 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 is 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 Raptor 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 has been much controversy in New York over whether fellow sophomore, David Lee should be starting. (blog discussion) Lee, also a power forward, leads the team in rebounding and field goal percentage, and is 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." (game recap)

Channing Frye was selected to the 2005-06 T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie First Team, and finished 5th in points (45) behind Chris Paul (58), Charlie Villanueva (56), Andrew Bogut (55), and Deron Williams (46).

• Channing Frye - Official Site
• Channing Frye Profile - at www.knicksonline.com

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