It has been a tragic NBA season for Arizona’s 2005 All-Pac-10 center Channing Frye. His mother, Phoenix journalist Karen Frye, died on Oct. 25. His father, Thomas Frye, who owned a management consulting company in Phoenix, died on Thanksgiving. Frye, 33, has taken an indefinite leave of absence from the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he was averaging 11.3 points and shooting 48.5 percent on three-point shots. He has two years remaining on his Cavaliers contract at $7.4 million per season.