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Originally Posted by MrJayremmie
Frye came on strong at the end of the year, but honestly wasn't that good all year. He is nice, but Outlaw could play backup PF and SF, and narrow our rotation down to 9, which would be sick... Oden, Aldridge and Pryzbilla as the post rotation is hawt. Throw in Outlaw as backup PF sometimes and i'd rather have that...
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Frye played almost all of his minutes out of position at center this season and that affected his numbers - although like you said he came on strong at the end when he was starting at center in place of Joel. The experience probably did him some good, but in the long run he's better suited to playing the back-up power forward spot and should shine against other teams' second unit power forwards. He also plays a very similar style offensively to Aldridge, which means the second unit could run the same offensive sets as the starters. It also means he could easily step in for LaMarcus in case of an !njury.
Outlaw isn't really a back-up power forward. He can shoot over anybody on offense, but he's not a great rebounder and can't body up defensively on burly, wide body power forwards. He's better suited to playing small forward. Like Frye, he spent much of the season playing out of position due to injuries (Oden and at the end, Przybilla). With Oden out, the Blazers were thin up front and that forced Outlaw to play the bulk of his minutes at the back-up 4 spot (as Frye was manning the back-up center position). I don't think this is the best long term use of his abilities. I'd rather have the taller, better rebounding Frye as my back-up power forward. Which means either trading Outlaw, moving him ahead of James Jone as the back-up small forward, and still likely seeing his scoring (and trade value) decrease as Rudy becomes the number one scoring option off the bench.
BNM