Another ex-Charlotte Hornet is headed overseas to continue his professional basketball playing career. Harry Giles III officially agreed to a deal with Shanxi Loongs, also known as Shanxi SDIC Raptors Club or Shanxi Fenjiu Shares, which plays in the Northern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association.
Now that preseason is over, the Charlotte Hornets have started the process of trimming their roster down to 15 players. They announced the first handful of players to be cut, and there are no surprises.
On Thursday evening, the Charlotte Hornets played their final game of the preseason when they faced off against the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis. They lost (in overtime) by a score of 121-116 to finish the preseason with a 2-3 record.
The Charlotte Hornets have waived Harry Giles, Keyontae Johnson and Charlie Brown Jr, Rod Boone of the Charlotte Observer was the first to report the news.
Most NBA players, no matter how successful, are out of the league before the end of their 30s, or even their 20s. That leaves a lot of life left to live, and a good handful of players have made the most of their professional lives after leaving the court.
Forward/Center Harry Giles III is entering his first season with the Charlotte Hornets, and is determined to make a significant impact. Giles is confident that he can find his rhythm and contribute meaningfully to the Hornets’ success.
The Charlotte Hornets will play their first preseason game on October 6 when they host the New York Knicks in North Carolina. Ahead of media day and training camp, teams around the league have been finalizing their rosters.
The Charlotte Hornets schedule has been released and fans are starting to anticipate the beginning of the NBA season. The Charlotte Hornets odds for their win total are -122 for the over and +100 for the under on a win total prediction of 29.5.
As training camp nears, the Charlotte Hornets roster is nearly finalized. The signing of Harry Giles over the weekend brings the Hornets up to 20 rostered players that will make the short trip up I-85 to train at Duke University in advance of Charlotte's opening tip in Houston on October 23rd.
Great news for the former Blue Devil Duke tends to send players out fairly high in the draft. Think Zion Williamson, Jayson Tatum, RJ Barrett and Paolo Banchero, among many others.
The Hornets intend to sign forward/center Harry Giles to a one-year contract, offering him a chance to earn a spot on the roster, per Shams Charania of The Athletic.
Harry Giles is coming off a year where he appeared in 23 games for the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers. He finished the season with averages of 2.4 points and 1.3 rebounds per contest while shooting 46.0% from the field and 21.4% from the three-point range.
According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the Charlotte Hornets have signed big man Harry Giles to a one-year contract. Giles, a North Carolina native, split time last season with the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers.
The Los Angeles Lakers entered the 2023-24 season hopeful that their new group of frontcourt players would be able to produce enough to give Anthony Davis a break from having to play center all season.
Last September, following back-to-back seasons out of the NBA, 2016-17 Duke basketball one-and-done and former first round draft pick Harry Giles secured a one-year contract with the Brooklyn Nets.
The Los Angeles Lakers entered the 2023-24 season hopeful that their frontcourt rotation would be able to hold up enough to give Anthony Davis a break from having to play center for so many minutes, but unfortunately their free agent moves didn’t pan out.
Harry Giles III’s NBA career didn’t quite get off to the start he expected, but he’s hoping to get back on track with the Los Angeles Lakers. Giles was once considered the absolute best high school player in the country and a can’t miss prospect.
Veteran center Harry Giles III, a former first round draft pick out of Duke, initially emerged as a surprising pick for your Los Angeles to make with one of their two-way contract slots late into the season.
A former member of the Brooklyn Nets found a new home on the West Coast for the remainder of this 2023-24 season. Ex-Nets big man Harry Giles III has joined the Los Angeles Lakers via a two-way contract, sources told Shams Charania of The Athletic.
The Los Angeles Lakers announced that they have signed center Harry Giles III to a two-way contract and waived forward Dylan Windler. The roster move gives the Lakers some added size while guys like Christian Wood, Jarred Vanderbilt and Colin Castleton continue to work their way back from their respective injuries.
Your Los Angeles Lakers will be making a surprising move to accommodate newly signed two-way center/power forward Harry Giles, who had briefly played for the Brooklyn Nets earlier this year, onto one of their two-way spots.
Harry Giles III is a name that will be remembered in Sacramento Kings history for quite some time due to his love for the city and the city's reciprocity.
Harry Giles has seen action in only four contests for the Brooklyn Nets this season, the 25-year-old forward's first NBA campaign since 2020-21. And his playing time has been of the mop-up variety.
After spending three years with the Sacramento Kings, Harry Giles was not given a contract extension which led him to spend a year with the Portland Trail Blazers and then a year in the G-League. Now, he is with the Nets, who just played against the Kings in their most recent game.
In the 2017 NBA Draft, the Sacramento Kings selected Harry Giles III with the 20th overall pick, but his career has fallen short due to injuries. After playing just 104 games through his first three seasons, Giles would find his way onto the Portland Trail Blazers before exiting the league altogether.
Harry Giles has not appeared in an NBA game since May 2021. However, that hasn't stopped a number of interested teams from knocking on the 25-year-old's door.