<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">One of the biggest factors in Frye's surge is his performance in the NCAA Tournament. In the pressure-packed final 3:40 of the Wildcats' 79-78 victory over Oklahoma State, he made two jumpers, blocked two shots and grabbed a rebound. In the regional final loss to Illinois, Frye shot 11 for 14 and had 24 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks. The NBA also is learning how technically sound Frye is. Credit four years in college, plus the guidance of a coach, Lute Olson, who puts a premium on fundamentals. It's one of the reasons Frye's former Wildcats teammate, Andre Iguodala, was the ninth pick in the 2004 draft. Iguodala's defensive skills helped him open the season as Philadelphia's starting small forward. Frye's path is beginning to look a lot like Iguodala's. The team with the ninth pick this year, Golden State, is in need of a low-post scorer and athletic shot blocker. The coach of the Warriors, former Stanford coach Mike Montgomery, knows firsthand about Frye's gifts. Frye and Iguodala also share the same agent. Not that Rob Pelinka won the job easily. Frye and his parents followed a carefully designed plan that required three of the top agents to fly to Tucson. Each had one hour to make a presentation in Olson's office with Olson, Frye and Frye's parents, Karen and Thomas, taking notes. "As a family, we never talked about the NBA until a year ago," Karen Frye said. "We felt as though Channing needed to keep his focus. But once we did, we felt we needed to prepare the right way. My husband is so detailed, that choosing the agent was a very arduous process." Frye would be pleased to follow in his former teammate's footsteps. Iguodala landed a three-year contract worth approximately $6.17 million, the most allowed last season under the collective bargaining agreement. Frye already is displaying some marketing savvy. He and his parents have formed a company called SWD, which will partner with Pelinka's Los Angeles-based SFX Sports Group and focus on marketing Frye to a national arena.</div> Source
