Channing Frye, above almost every other player in the draft, has seen his stock rise the highest.

``I feel very sure about (being a lottery pick),'' Frye said at a news conference here Friday. ``I have proven myself to be the second best center (behind Utah's Andrew Bogut). Teams want a person with character. They want a center who is versatile, a center/forward. I think I can fit that role.''

Various reports have Frye projected as a top 10 selection, or possibly being taken by the New York Knicks at No. 8 or the Golden State Warriors at the ninth spot.

``Put it this way -- at the beginning of the year people thought I was going to go in the second round, and then half way through the season I was like 22nd, and now people are saying ninth or eighth,'' Frye said. ``Wherever I land is wherever I land and I am going to take advantage of it.''