Frye Injury Update: Done For The Season

Real GM:ESPN - Rookie Channing Frye left the Knicks' 114-109 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night with a sprained left knee ligament -- an injury caused when teammate Nate Robinson seemed to knock Andre Barrett into him, the Associated Press is reporting.

Barrett was racing upcourt with the ball with a little more than 9½ minutes left when Robinson, chasing him from behind, appeared to try to swipe the ball away. Barrett lost his balance and fell into Frye's left leg.

"I apologized to him like 100 times already," Robinson said. "I definitely took full responsibility of what I did. Hopefully it's minor because I would hate for me to be the one to hurt his career or anything like that."

"It could have been a lot worse, but I'll be back," Frye said as he left Madison Square Garden on crutches.

"I kind of knew something happened, because I hit him hard," Barrett said. "And when I tripped I couldn't control myself and he's just standing there."

X-rays were negative, and Frye will remain in New York while his teammates head to Orlando to take on the Magic.

NYCdishswish of Real GM wrote:Knicks' Frye out for rest of season

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

March 22, 2006, 5:18 PM EST

Knicks rookie Channing Frye will miss the rest of the season because of a sprained left knee ligament.

An MRI exam in New York on Wednesday confirmed the injury. Frye will be on crutches for the next three weeks, but surgery will not be needed. The Knicks expect Frye to be able to return in time for summer league play in July.

Frye was injured early in the fourth quarter of the Knicks' 114-109 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night. Toronto's Andre Barrett was racing upcourt with the ball with a little more than 9 1/2 minutes left when Knicks guard Nate Robinson, chasing him from behind, appeared to try to swipe the ball away. Barrett lost his balance and fell into Frye's left leg.

The eighth pick in last year's draft, Frye has been one of the top rookies in the NBA this season. He is third among first-year players with 12.3 points per game, and also ranks in the top five in field goal percentage (47.7 percent) and rebounds (5.8).

Nick Barret