Your Los Angeles Lakers have added a new edition to their roster for the season's home stretch! Don't get too excited, though, it's just Harry Giles, and LA will just be using a two-way contract to sign him, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic.
A Duke basketball forward is getting another shot at the NBA. Every player has a story, but few stories have been as bittersweet as that of Duke basketball forward Harry Giles.
Harry Giles, drafted No. 20 overall in 2017, hasn't played in the NBA since May 2021. So it's fair to say his future in the league has long looked uncertain, even doubtful.
Harry Giles isn't the only former Duke basketball one-and-done currently on the outside looking in when it comes to the NBA. No, at the time of this article's publishing, the 25-year-old center, drafted No.
Austin Rivers averaged a career-low 4.9 points last season, his first with the Minnesota Timberwolves. And the former Duke basketball guard played only 19.5 minutes per game in a reserve role, almost marking another low across his 11 years as an NBA journeyman.
Harry Giles and Jayson Tatum arrived in Durham as top-five recruits in the 2016 class. Seven years later, the Duke basketball one-and-done teammates and long-time friends are at near-opposite ends of the spectrum regarding NBA success.
At No. 14 overall on the 247Sports 2024 Composite, five-star Jarin Stevenson is the highest-ranked recruit in North Carolina since former Duke basketball one-and-done Harry Giles in 2016.
Giles’ tweet drew a strong reaction from the Boston Celtics star Tatum, who played with Giles in college at Duke when they were both freshmen. “SIGN HIM,” Tatum wrote in a quote tweet of Giles’ post.
Two former Duke basketball teammates are reuniting on the basketball court. It was a magical season when Luke Kennard and Harry Giles shared the floor for the Duke basketball program in 2016-17 and the two are getting back together at the NBA level.
Mike Krzyzewski had a rough month. He came back from back surgery only to lose in the second round to seventh-seeded South Carolina. Grayson Allen keeps kicking people.
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