Player Bio

Harry Lee Giles III was born in 1998 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The big center has one brother and three sisters and is the son of Melissa Addison-Giles and Harry Giles. His father played both collegiate football and basketball at Winston-Salem State University. Giles attended two different high schools. For his first three years, he attended Wesleyan Christian Academy in High Point, North Carolina. He led the basketball team to a 2013 NCISAA 3A state championship as a freshman but missed his sophomore season due to a left knee injury. As a junior (2014-15), Giles earned First Team All-USA honors by USA Today. That summer, Giles won a gold medal as a member of Team USA in the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Cup in Greece. Before his senior year, Giles transferred to Oak Hill Academy in Virginia but tore the ACL in his right knee during his first scrimmage. Giles then enrolled at Forest Trail Academy to take online courses while rehabbing his knee. After one year at Duke, Giles declared for the 2017 NBA Draft. Giles enjoys getting pedicures and treated 10 dads from the local nonprofit, Center for Fathers and Families, for a day at a spa as part of the Season of Doing Good. Fans can follow the big center on Twitter (@HGiiizzle). Harry Giles spent the 2016-17 season playing basketball for Duke University. Recovery from knee surgery forced Giles to miss the first 11 games of the season. The big young center made his collegiate debut on Dec. 19 via a brief four minute appearance in a win over Tennessee State. Giles appeared in 26 games for the Blue Devils with six starts. On Jan. 4, Giles registered his first double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds in a win over Georgia Tech. In the ACC Tournament semi-final game versus North Carolina on Mar. 10, Giles posted six points, seven boards and four blocks. The Winston-Salem, North Carolina native helped lead Duke to the ACC Tournament title. Giles was fourth on the Blue Devils in rebounds per game (3.8). In addition he was fifth on Duke (.577) in field goal percentage. The Blue Devils lost to South Carolina in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. After his freshman season, Giles announced that he was entering the 2017 NBA Draft.