CLEVELAND — After weeks of spare minutes off the Cleveland Cavaliers' bench, it's finally time to unleash sweet-shooting big man Channing Frye.
Acquired at the trade deadline for Anderson Varejao and a future first-round pick, Frye has been in and out of Cleveland's rotation as he learns and adapts to his new team.
"I think the game's a little fast for him right now," head coach Tyronn Lue said recently, "which is not fair, because we haven't had a lot of practice days.
"My intent is to play him, but I think the first couple games, the first few games we were stagnant, because he didn't know the plays and what to call and what to run because he didn't know a lot of the sets. That's on us to get him in the gym and to continue to work with him. But I see him being a valuable piece for us."
Frye started his first game for Cleveland in a 120-108 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on March 10 while Kevin Love sat to rest a sore knee. He registered 21 points on 5-of-7 shooting from deep, grabbed seven rebounds and was a team-best plus-23.
Now in his 10th year, Frye beco ...
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