Re: NBA trade rumors Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine 44s Suns' Channing Frye has 'til Monday to decide to play next season at $6.8 mil w/PHX or opt out. Source: "99 percent" he chooses free agency Any interest in bringing him back? Just think what he could do in the current offense.
Re: NBA trade rumors Yes please to Frye. Use the mle to sign him. Then resign Mo, or use the biannual exception on a backup Pg such as Blake
Re: NBA trade rumors Absolutely no to Frye. D Damn fense is what we need. John Henson would be a Godsend.
Re: NBA trade rumors CJ for Henson would work, but Henson is still raw - aren't we trying to get more of a vet who can contribute immediately?
Re: NBA trade rumors While Henson can block some shots I thought I remember reading (not sure) he really is not that good of an overall defender
Re: NBA trade rumors No we need our scorers to defend. Having some guy off the bench who can play D won't help much. We need the whole team, specifically the starters, to defend better. We need better schemes, a better mindset, and a better effort. One guy off the bench doesn't help that much.
Re: NBA trade rumors Agreed. Which is why I love a guy like Frye. A dependable scorer off the bench at a big position
Re: NBA trade rumors http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/sto...ony-new-york-knicks-informs-team-opt-contract Melo opts out
Re: NBA trade rumors MM, I honestly have barely seem him play, are there stats that support that he is a good defender? blocking shots is nice but there is much more to it than that
Re: NBA trade rumors Can we just take the draft back and give the Bucks Leonard while we take the guy we probably should have taken in Henson? Fat chance. I would stay away from Frye. I'd rather be giving minutes to T-Rob. I seriously hope we aren't relegated to rumors of bench players all summer. There are some big players in the free agent market about to hit including Dirk, Bosh and Melo. No, we don't have cap space but that shouldn't stop us from improving the team. Neil needs to be talking with their agents to gauge interest. If there is, I'm sure we can figure a sign and trade. I still like Wes/Batum, CJ and change for Melo.
Re: NBA trade rumors I've seen him play a ton. Not sure they "support" good defense claim, but he is second on his team behind Larry Sanders in Defensive rating and 1st by a ton in defensive win shares. He had a +1.9 PER vs his opponent
Re: NBA trade rumors I must be worse at this player acquisition and contract stuff than I thought. Why is Frye going to give up $7million to play in Portland for $5million? And I'm not interested besides.
Re: NBA trade rumors Yeah, I actually thought of that as a possibility. Maybe he thinks he's going to suck this year and play himself out of a decent contract.
