Channing Frye — #8 PF/C

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Age: 30

Hometown: Phoenix, Ariz.

Birthday: May 17, 1983

Height: 6-11

Weight: 245

Position: PF/C

Experience: 7 years

Draft: 2005, eighth overall by New York

College: Arizona

2012-13 Salary: $6,000,000

Stats
Career50025823.9.445.390.8140.50.71.05.21.09.7
YRTMGGSMINFG%3P%FT%STLBLKTOREBASTPTS
05-06NYK651424.2.477.333.8250.50.71.55.70.812.3
06-07NYK725926.3.433.167.7870.50.61.45.50.99.5
07-08POR782017.2.488.300.7800.40.30.74.60.76.8
08-09POR63111.8.423.333.7220.30.30.52.30.44.2
09-10PHX814127.0.451.439.8100.80.90.95.31.411.2
10-11PHX776433.0.432.390.8320.61.00.96.71.212.7
11-12PHX645926.1.416.346.8900.71.11.05.91.410.5
Advanced Stats
YRTMPERTS%UsageReb. RateAst. RatioWP48Wins Produced+/-Adj. +/-
07-08POR
14.62
.529
17.9
15.5
9.3
0.045
1.26
3.58
4.00
08-09POR
10.09
.465
18.1
11.6
7.1
-0.142
-2.21
-17.30
-15.70
09-10PHX
15.09
.598
15.4
11.0
12.0
0.060
2.74
5.95
3.55
10-11PHX
12.87
.557
15.1
11.7
9.2
0.017
0.89
7.51
-1.65
11-12PHX
14.92
.519
17.5
12.8
11.0
0.043
1.48
12.75
2.07

Consult our advanced stats page for a glossary and discussion of the preceding metrics.

Season Outlook: Frye’s season was over before it began after he was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy shortly before the team broke for training camp. It is possible that Frye can return later in the season but not too likely.

Frye will take the season to rest and recover while staying fit with yoga and golf. He plans to stay around the team and attend most home games while also spending more time with his family than the NBA season would usually afford.

Suns team cardiologist Dr. Tim Byrne said Frye has a “better than not” chance of returning to full health, so the hope here is that Frye will be able to resume his NBA career in 2013-14 although it would be a surprise if he returns to the floor this season. If he does come back this year, however, Frye presumably would not play a major role for the Suns. – Michael Schwartz

Biography: Channing Frye is a native Phoenician who won the 2001 5A state title as a member of the St. Mary’s Knights on the US Airways Center floor. As a high school senior, Frye averaged 22.0 points, 15.0 and 6.0 blocks to earn Arizona Player of the Year honors.

Frye — a rare player to compete in the same state in high school, college and the pros – then moved on to the University of Arizona, accruing first-team All-Pac-10 honors his final two seasons. As a senior he averaged 15.8 points, 7.6 boards and 2.3 blocks per contest while leading the Wildcats to the precipice of the Final Four with a monster 24-point, 12-board, six-block performance in the 2005 Elite Eight against Illinois, a game that he said punched his ticket to the pros.

Frye was drafted eighth overall in the 2005 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks, making him the highest senior selected, and earned first-team All-Rookie honors after averaging 12.3 points and 5.8 boards. His numbers slid for the following three years, the last two of which were in Portland, culminating in his 4.2-2.3 season in 2008-09 when he couldn’t get off Portland’s bench. He then signed with Phoenix the following season and revitalized his career in his home state, leading to his big extension the following offseason.

Frye was a late arriver to Twitter, tweeting from the handle @Channing_Frye. He’s also on Facebook and has his own site at ChanningFrye.com.

Links to ValleyoftheSuns coverage of Frye:

Channing Frye discusses his heart diagnosis and the road ahead

Channing Frye diagnosed with enlarged heart, out for the year

Channing Frye makes the Suns much better offensively

Defining a Phoenix Suns defense and Channing Frye’s role within it

Channing Frye under the advanced stats microscope

Channing Frye Phoenix Suns offseason improvement video

Breaking down Channing Frye’s game-winners

Channing Frye video breakdown

Channing Frye re-signed at the right price in this market 

Channing Frye: The hidden X-factor?