Our New Blazers

Channing Frye: The 6ft 11in big was born in New Hampshire and attended high school at Phoenix's St. Mary's Prep and played damn well for Lute at UA. His mother, Karen, was an Emmy winning TV reporter. Picked #8 in '05 by the NYK and then made the Rookie 1st team. In 137 NBA games Channing has averaged 10 and 5, this kid could be good. I saw him at a UA practice and play Mac Court a few times, he can get off the ground and finish. Breaking News! UA has 80s parties too!


James Jones: Character wise it's amazing this guy was involved in the Z Bo trade.. Nephew of a former Major Leaguer Jones grew up and attended college in Florida winning accolades on and off the court on his way to the NBA. At American Senior High School in Miami Jones was a member of the National Honor Society and in college was the first Miami Hurricane named to an national All Academic team, he majored in finance. Drafted 49th by the Pacers in '03 Jones was traded to the Suns for a second round draft pick in '05. Coming from the Suns to the Blazers as a $3 million trade exception I think this guy is way under rated for two reasons. 1) Having spent the last 2 years with a Suns team that plays an amazing brand of team basketball he could have intangibles that will show up in the locker room and during practices (Jones also started the first 6 games of the '07 playoffs, most notably for his defense). 2) The good grades he earned in HS and college can be a positive indicator of his personality, not saying GPA correlates with one's moral fiber but hey this guy has never been arrested.



(Thanks for the video, Blazer Forum)