Channing Frye Dropped The Mic On His Long, Successful NBA Career With A Classic Quote For Any Haters4/2/2019
Bravo. Just, bravo. We should all be so lucky to talk such talk while happily walking away from our livelihoods feeling so self-satisfied, though far more likely to be much older and much less accomplished. Channing Frye won't be the within the first 100 names you mention if one day you're asked to craft a list of the most impactful players of his era, but that doesn't change the fact that he's got things that appreciate much better than fame in both a championship ring and long-term financial security. I don't know that we all needed to reminded of that on his way out the NBA's backdoor, but with the disproportional amount of social media scrutiny professional athletes are subjected to in his era, I can respect him quickly sneaking in a middle finger of a mic drop to the haters while in the process of waving goodbye to basketball. I guess my only question is, does any fan really think that there's an NBA player that sucks relative to regular folk? I suppose I could see why some might think they couldtest Brian Scalabrine, just from a stereotypical perspective, but is there really anyone out there that read Channing Frye's challenge and responded with "alright, bet"? I love him semi-sarcastically using the LA Fitness line as a dig at every person that's ever questioned his capabilities, but - at the risk of giving society too much credit - I have a hard time believing there are all that many people that needed to hear it. As a 7-footer whose shooting 38% from three throughout his career, Channing Frye wouldn't even have to put in a flipped switch worth of effort to absolutely light up almost any gym. I accepted that as fact long before he showed his personality in half-heartedly threatening me into doing so, and so should everyone else that consumes a sport whose highest level is reached only by incredibly talented physical freaks of nature.
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