Oklahoma City Thunder: 5 options for pick No. 21 in the 2017 NBA Draft

2. Harry Giles, PF/C, Duke

College stats:  26 GP, 3.9 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 0.3 APG, 0.3 STL, 0.7 BLK, Zero 3s Attempted, 0.7 TOs, 57.7 FG%, 50.0 FT%, 11.5 MPG

According to Draft Express’ mock history feature, between April 2016 and October 2016, Harry Giles was projected to go between second and fifth overall in the 2017 NBA Draft.

The former Blue Devil was the No. 1 overall recruit in the country for most of his prep career, for a variety of reasons. Giles was a freak athlete, standing 6’11” with a monstrous 7’3.25″ wingspan. He was agile, explosive, competitive, had an improving skill set and regularly life made hell for whichever poor high school kid had to guard him.

In all, he was like a Create-A-Player character from NBA 2K.

Unfortunately, injuries have gotten the best of him recently. After having torn his ACL as a sophomore in high school, he suffered the same injury during the first game of his senior season, except on the opposite knee.

To this point, he hasn’t been able to regain his previous incredible form. His one year at Duke was forgettable — he topped double-digit scoring just twice his entire freshman campaign — and that caused him to plummet down draft boards.

So why would the Thunder take him at No. 21?

Well, apparently, he’s starting to get healthy again.

If that is the case, and Oklahoma City gets him in for a workout (where they can then, in turn, check his knees out up close), and comes away impressed, a union between the two parties begins to make more sense.

After all, landing a potential top-five talent in the 20s would be a steal. It really just comes down to his health. Nevertheless, it may be a risk worth taking if Presti really wants to make a splash come June 22.