The New York Knicks were one of the teams in Las Vegas that watched Harry Giles III practice earlier in the season. The 2017 first-round picker returns to the NBA after tearing up his ACL in January 2022.
Chris Haynes reported Friday morning that Giles has agreed to a one-year unsecured contract with the Nets.
Freelance forward Harry Giles III has agreed to a one-year contract with the Brooklyn Nets, his agent Daniel Hazan of @hazansportsmgmt told @NBAonTNT, @BleacherReport. pic.twitter.com/CAJ3fMwyta
– Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) September 1, 2023
Giles averaged 5.9 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game in his first three seasons with the Kings (2018-20) and Trail Blazers (2020-21). In Bleacher Report’s prediction of the top 100 players of the 2023-24 season, Jalen Brunson is ranked highest at 36. Julius Randle is in 55th, RJ Barrett is in 91st and Josh is in 91st place. Hart nearly finished in 36th place. 99. Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic, Joel Embiid and Jayson Tatum made the top five.
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The United States beat Montenegro on Friday in its second-round opener 85-73. Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart each scored four points. Team USA’s next game is Sunday against Lithuania at 8pm:
40 a.m. ET.
RJ Barrett took one-eighth from the field as Brazil beat Canada on Friday, 69-65. Canada will meet Spain on Sunday at 9pm:
30 p.m. ET and the loser will be disqualified.
Rokas Jokubaitis, the Knicks’ 34th pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, scored a team-high 19 (6 of 8) with six assists and three steals in Lithuania’s 92-74 win. against Greece on Friday at the World Cup. . Jokubaitis will face Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart on Sunday. Quentin Grimes retired his high school jersey on Thursday in Texas, and members of the Knicks team attended.
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In Friday’s loss to Brazil, Barrett picked up just four points from 1-8 on the field and 1-4 from three. This was Barrett’s second performance at the FIBA Basketball World Cup in which he scored only one goal from the pitch, as on the 25th of August against France, Barrett scored only 5 points on the field with score 1-10. Between those spongy performances, however, was the attempt to score 17 points, 7-12 against Lebanon, and the 22-point attempt, 9-14 against Latvia. It’s really impossible to predict which version of Barrett will show up on any given night.
Barrett has always been unpredictable and the rest of the Canadian team will look to bounce back and keep their tournament alive Sunday against Spain in a must-win game to qualify for the quarterfinals. The denunciation is set for 9 a.m.:
30 p.m. EST. Knicks need a more stable version of Barrett this season
Barrett is entering a groundbreaking 2023 season. Now in the fifth season of his career, the Knicks need Barrett to improve this season. As New York continues to look for another superstar to add to its roster, Barrett’s name
continues to emerge among commercial speculators. The Knicks are hoping Barrett leaves his FIBA World Cup conflicts behind and is ready for the 2023 NBA season.
