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Channing Frye: "The goalposts moves every time he makes a decision. If he would have went to Golden State, it'd gross. If he would have went to a Cavs, oh he's stacking teams. Let's say he went to Houston, oh you're stacking teams. So no matter what decision he makes, half of the people are going to think it's bullsh*t anyway. So you might as well do what you want. And that's what he's doing. So his legacy, what you going to do? You can't argue with numbers and facts. And no player has moved the needle for as many teams as he has in his career. And that's a fact."
Channing Frye: "Nick Nurse, one thing that's not taking into consideration is Nick Nurse is a beast. And so when you add all these personalities to a team, Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, you know, Bron, VJ Edgecombe, you know, Jaylen Brown, you need a coach that can handle all that that's going to put them in the right situation. A lot of them, everyone's going to talk about usage rate, but Nick Nurse made it work in Toronto with, you know, OG Anunoby, Pascal Siakam, Kyle Lowry and Kawhi Leonard."
In 2017, while working as a sideline reporter in Cleveland, she started the podcast Road Trippin’ alongside then-active Cavaliers players Richard Jefferson and Channing Frye. Ex-NBA center and ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins later became an official cohost in 2024. Road Trippin’ is considered one of the first and longest-running player-led podcasts. “It changed the trajectory of my career,” Clifton told Front Office Sports about the podcast. “For a long time, that was what people recognized me for. It was: ‘You’re Allie Clifton from Road Trippin’.’ It wasn’t the five years that I had done with the Cleveland Cavaliers as a sideline [reporter]. It wasn’t even my first couple of years in Los Angeles being a host for the Los Angeles Lakers. … When I’m able to kind of take a step back now and just understand kind of the fuel and the drive behind that and what it has served in terms of my career so far, it’s right at the top.”
Hosted by LeBron James, the luxury multi-country vacation featured core members of the historic 2015–16 roster, including Kevin Love, J.R. Smith, Richard Jefferson, Channing Frye, and Tristan Thompson, with Iman Shumpert and Matthew Dellavedova joining the group later. Despite playing in 13 games during that legendary postseason run, the 39-year-old Russian big was completely omitted from the planning. Speaking with the Russian outlet Sport Express on Friday, Timofey Mozgov revealed that nobody from the title-winning squad text messaged or called him to join the summer trip. “Yes, I saw the video of that party. No one wrote or called me. If I’d been invited, I’d have gladly joined. Of course, I’d have loved to be there too, to drink some wine,” he answered when asked if an invitation had been extended.
Channing Frye: "When we saw Delly, we thought he grew two inches. This dude is built like a WWE wrestler. He is the most yoked I have ever seen him. He said a few years ago he completely changed his whole routine and how he is approaching the game. Delly did work out. He was up with us at night and he was up by himself in the morning. This dude is dedicated to his craft. We love seeing him. You got a glimpse of his personality when he lets loose, but he is always thinking about basketball."
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Richard Jefferson on thhe group chat dynamics of the 2016 Cavs: "When we talk about the group chat from the team, there's like six of us, and it's been the same six. There was the full team group chat, then there was the guys that were J.R., Swish, Tristan, Kevin, Channing, and Bron. So that's the group of us. And then we start doing, hey guys, we should get together, do some golf and go do this, and then a conversation kind of got started is, and like, hey, it would be wrong if we didn't invite some of the other guys because it's going to look like, we're calling it this championship. No, it was the group chat from the championship team, not the championship team group chat."
In a joint Instagram post Wednesday between James, Smith, Thompson and Frye, the caption read: "The group chat finally linked up." Another joint post between Jefferson, Love, Thompson and Frye included a video of Thompson delivering drinks to the group on the course, captioned: "We all have roles."
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Channing Frye: "You know the difference between Jalen Brunson and Donovan Mitchell is Brunson is a true number one. I do not think Donovan Mitchell is a true number one take you to the NBA Finals person. Do I think he is a great player? Yes. I think he is a two also. You have to bring a one in there, a real one."
Channing Frye: Ime Udoka is a great coach. Kevin Durant does not fit on this version of the Houston Rockets. Also, Ime is a very intense coach. If you look at what the Rockets were compared to what they are now, you look at what Boston was to what they are now.
Channing Frye on Victor Wembanyama: "He is the NBA's golden child. He's crying during regular season games. He's out reading books. He's a hooper. He be talking [ __ ] He don't like other teams. He's a dog. He plays defense. He says things out loud that everyone assumes, right? And he says them with this like, ‘Oh, I'm going to work towards it.’ He's not saying like, ‘Oh, I deserve it.’ He's saying, ‘Yes, I have to step on the gas.’” “There's humility, but then there's like the the journey of like, dude, even if you don't make it, I respect the [ __ ] out of you. That that is a goal that you have because a lot of guys wouldn't put that out there.”
Channing Frye: “Can I ask this question? Do you think the young stars in Houston think that KD came in there to elevate them, or to be like, ‘Y’all need me, and then you’re not as good without me’? Do you think they think that? Because if I were a young guy there—and this is just what I’m going to say—they were second in the West last year. KD comes to that team and says, ‘Yo, run your offense through me. I’ll take you to the promised land,’ whatever.” And they’re like, ‘Do we really need you like that?’” And then now KD goes, ‘Well, you know what? Maybe I just need to sit in a corner.’ I don’t know if this ever happened, but the burner account thing happened.” That seems very passive-aggressive. You know what I’m saying? Maybe I just need to let them dribble the ball more. If I’m a player in Houston, a young guy, I’m going, ‘Dog, I was second in the West. We were second in the West without you, and you came here.' None of that is uplifting. And I’m not saying that KD is saying that on purpose, but you can see that when things get tough, they’re like, ‘Man, you go do it. You go do it.’ And that’s a bad chemistry sign that I see.”