Channing Frye played a big role in bringing the Cleveland Cavaliers together and also helping Kevin Love embrace his role on the team.

"Kevin used to say, 'Man, all I do is shoot 3s,'" Richard Jefferson said. "Then Channing comes in and says, 'This is awesome! All we do is shoot 3s!' So now Kevin stops and realizes, 'Yeah, I guess we do get a lot of open 3s.'"

"Channing didn't hesitate to tell LeBron and Kevin, 'We need you guys on the same page. We need that trust,'" said Cavaliers' assistant coach James Posey. "Their relationship improved so much after that. They stopped taking everything so personally. It became: How can we win together?"

Love insists his relationship with James was never as bad as it has been portrayed, but acknowledges the team's chemistry "is so much better now because of Channing."