Giles’ injury is expected to require only six weeks to heal. If it turns out to take longer, it will take longer. It almost certainly will not take until June, when the NBA conducts its next draft.

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But hard on the heels of Howard and Paul is Giles, an uncommonly talented 6-10 power forward who will be a senior at High Point Wesleyan, but who calls Winston-Salem home.