Channing Frye (PF/C, CLE) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS: Having a pure shooter like Channing Frye at the center spot could be very valuable. He has suddenly become fantasy-relevant with the news that Kevin Love will be out approximately six weeks. Even if the Cavaliers add Andrew Bogut, it appears Frye is their short-term solution alongside Tristan Thompson. Like any shooter, Frye will run hot and cold, but the fact he played around 30 minutes in each of the last three contests is encouraging.

Frye's current .404 3P% is the second-highest mark of his career. This could mean that he's due for some regression, but then again he hasn't played on such a talented team for most of his career, which has spanned 12 seasons and five teams. Having a center who shoots .849 from the charity stripe can also be beneficial, especially if your first center is Dwight Howard, Andre Drummond or DeAndre Jordan. You can only expect about seven rebounds per-36 from Frye, but if you're adding him, you aren't doing it for big man stats anyway. He is enjoying the second-highest usage rate of his career, and the highest since his rookie season (20%). Expect Frye to keep firing away up until the close of the regular season.