I meant after his surgery. He was supposedly "healthy" by the time he started playing at Duke again. Just like how he says he's "100% healthy now".
I doubt he'll be able to gain the same amount of explosion or athleticism ever again. He has the worst knees of any college prospect we've ever seen.
What are Harry Giles skillset? Just from what I recall, a lot of what we saw pre-ACL(15/16 yearold Giles) started with the words "potential to develop.." Everyone expected him to develop those skillsets over time, then define them at College. Might be suffering from recency bias, but I don't remember that Giles was ever really good or great at any specific thing. Even the guys on the Vertical Draft Show (Woj's guys+Draftexpress) were questioning on whether or not that his 1 year at Duke actually exposed him for not being as good as everyone thought he was. (Mike from DX dodged the question and gave a politician-type answer). Just to use as a comparison, Zion Williamson. I think we can all agree that Zion's hype is based on his potential of what he can become in the future, and not the player he is now. His strengths are ball handling, strength, and elite athleticism. Similarly, it would be like if Zion Williamson had a series of unfortunate injuries, but kept his #1 status until college. He shows up at Duke for 1 year and doesn't really show anything special as a NBA player. Now, we're left wondering 3 things: Is he even as good as people thought he was? Has his injuries stunted his development as the player we thought he'd become? Is his injuries holding him back from the player he actually is?
After watching Giles at Duke, I'm left with those 3 questions too. Is he a product of HS potential-hype?