What's the highest you'd resign Frye for?

I'd give him 5 years, 20-25 mil per, and he'd be 30 by the end of that contract and maybe at the end of his prime. I don't think I'd go into the 6-7 mil per range for a backup PF. While Joel makes that much, he's worth it and more valuable than Channing is.

 

I wouldn't go any longer than 4 years and $6,000,000 per year.

 

5 years, 30 million.

 

Assuming he's going to be as productive this season as I think he's capable of being (15-20 minutes per game, 7-8 points, 5-6 boards) then I think a reasonable offer would be something in the range of 3.5-4.5 million per year for 4-5 years ... unfortunately I think he's probably worth more than that to another team who would have a larger role and more minutes for him.

I know Channing says he wants to stay here, but for his sake I think he would be unwise to potentially lose out on millions just to stick with this one team. Who knows, maybe Channing really does value staying in Portland as a role-player more than he values a big contract and bigger role on a team?

 

No one really mentions trading Frye at the trade deadline but depending on how he's playing we may have no choice. Losing him for nothing would be a big mistake.

The one thing I keep thinking about, isn't a backup PF the easiest position to backfill????? IMO either Frye or Joel are gone by next year.

 

I could see the blazers paying him up to 7 mil a year but maybe signing him to a shorter contract of say 3 years 20 million which would let him out of the contract at a young enough age to still get another big deal before he is out of the league.

 

If his range has increased out to the 3-point line, then 30 to 40 million over 5 years would be bargin for Frye.

 

I'd do about $4-5 million / year for 4 years.

It's a fair bit for a bench player, but if by next off-season Portland hasn't used its cap space, I'm not sure they're going to.

 

4 mill/3 seasons

 

Mid Level Exception seems reasonable.

 

Six to eight million a year for a reserve power forward?! Isiah is that you?

 

A big man who can spread the floor is a valuable commodity in the league. Someone will pay him that money. I would prefer it to be us.

If I were Isiah, it would 15 million a year for 6 years.

 

I'm not saying he wouldn't be worth that to another team, but to the Blazers that is way overpaying -- that's starter's money. I love Channing but a 15-20 minute player pulling down that kind of scratch is not money well spent ... especially when we've got some big extensions on the near horizon for Roy, Oden, Aldridge, Rudy and starter's money for [Fill-in-the-blank starting point guard, small forward]. I wouldn't be averse to seeing him signed for 4-5 million a year, but 6-8 mil is not good.

 

I love Frye. I'd give him $7M for the first year, $6M for the second year, and $5M for the third year. Fourth year team option would be no brainer.

 

I think that Frye can be one of the fan favorites with his personality and eagerness to be here. On the court, he's a great option as a backup and complements Greg and Joel quite nicely. I'd give him about 6 million per year max; at a max of six years.

If he doesn't work out for whatever reason, I think his skill set would be attractive enough to entice another team to trade for him.

If not, Kevin would just Pritchlap somebody in order to do it.

 

agreed. I think Channing's pick and pop game blends with most anyone and would rather KP tie him to the Blazers future then Joel or any of the other FAs to be, but 6-8 is overpaying. I really doubt anyone is going to offer him a full MLE let alone 8M per... no need to bid agaisnt yourself.

STOMP

 

^^^ LOL there is no way Frye would ever do that.

^^^ I agree with this.

But it kinda depends on if we have Outlaw still. Cuz we could just let Frye go and let Outlaw play backup PF full time.

 

There's no way he'd accept a $6 million / year average contract, for three years with a fourth year team option? He might not, but I don't see what's so crazy about it that it's obvious he wouldn't accept it. $6 million / year is around MLE, and I'd be pretty surprised if any team offered him much more.