The Clippers have waived big man Harry Giles, the team announced today. The move allows center Isaiah Hartenstein to make the 15-man roster, as both players were competing for the club’s final roster spot on non-guaranteed training camp deals.
Giles, 23, was drafted with the No. 20 pick in 2017. He’s held brief stints with the Kings, Blazers and Clippers since then, averaging 5.9 points, 3.8 rebounds and 12.9 minutes for his career.
Hartenstein, also 23, is expected to add depth behind Ivica Zubac and Serge Ibaka in the Clippers’ frontcourt this season. He appeared in 16 games with the Cavaliers last season, scoring 8.3 points and grabbing six rebounds per contest.
“Excited. It’s been great so far,” Hartenstein said, adding that he learned of the move today (hat tip Andrew Greif of the Los Angeles Times. “I love the organization so far.”
The Clippers open the season on the road against Golden State on Thursday. Los Angeles will start the campaign without Kawhi Leonard (partial ACL tear rehab), who still doesn’t have a timeline for his return.
Sad. Harry could be an option for the Bulls.
Hartenstein won the backup center spot due to his enthusiasm and effort in the preseason games. Giles has talent but along with injuries, something has held him back as a pro.
Are you saying Harry is injured??
He’s been injured since high school: tore his ACL. He didn’t thrive at Sacramento and didn’t stick in Portland.
Is he injured NOW??? Is the question
Probably not. I’m implying that ACL injuries are serious and sometimes players don’t recover from them 100%.
That’s something I think everyone should know but if didn’t know Harry Giles and was seeing him for the first time there’s no evidence he’s hurt actually he looks Amazing in the Scattered minutes given to him always productive looking at his numbers per 36mins He looks like he’s top five in his class!!!! Right??
Your opinion is valid. I think our viewpoints on Giles are definitely different.
It’s not my opinion sir, it’s the simple truth!! And if you’re being honest our viewpoint is the same HARRY GILES is top five per36mins with scattered mins look at his nba footage he’s Amazing!!! People like Giles was once the fabric of the NBA but because there Streaming revenue is up around the world??????????