Why should he? An ACL injury is NOT what it was. It happened a full year before the college season starts. He should be fine to go by late summer. Just like Alex recovered from his within 8-10 months. If he's truly the #1 player, he shouldn't drop because you have to assume he will be back to where he was by November.
How Far Will/Should Harry Giles Drop In Rankings
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Giles isn't that much better than Tatum, Fox, Monk, Smith Jr , Bam and Jackson to keep him at #1 after a season ending ACL injury. If an ACL injury is enough to make Noel drop from #1 in the draft due to uncertainty of how he'd recover.... then Giles should drop to at least #4 or #5.
I don't mean any disrespect to Giles or even Duke for that matter, but I was always of the belief that recruit rankings were based on "What have you done for me lately". I think a healthy Giles is #1, but an ACL tear is a pretty significant injury. There's a real possibility that he doesn't come back 100% (maybe mentally and physically), plus other players will have shown how they've improved. It's not a slight. It's just the reality of the situation.
That said, I sincerely hope he makes a full recovery! Seems like a bright kid and he's a fantastic player.
That said, I sincerely hope he makes a full recovery! Seems like a bright kid and he's a fantastic player.
Ok. You are making the obvious point. I agree with you, as does everyone else in the world.
Back to that 2004 class...we actually had 3 guys ranked higher than anyone on Florida.
In retrospect, that Florida class was one of the best ever. Just like in retrospect, Karl Towns was better than Okafor and Booker was better than Oubre. And Russell ended up better than a bunch of people.
Like I said, rankings matter but they aren't everything. Sometimes it's about how the pieces fit. Sometimes there are intangibles not readily noticed by scouts. Some guys stop working while others are late bloomers.
Having given a verbal to Duke he won't drop a bit. Now if it'd been UK instead he'd likely drop quite a bit even if he hadn't gotten injured. 
In the New World of "one-and-done", Florida 2004 would never have won a title, would they?
Harry will miss the McDonald's All-American game, unless they come up with some type of exception because he's a K kid now.
Orton missed because of injury(wasn't even a potential nominee due to injury). Sucks for Giles, but I still feel he comes back and performs at a lottery level at Duke. Might not be the overall #1 pick he was hyped to be a few years ago, but he'll be taken in the top 10, maybe even the top 5.
Orton missed because of injury(wasn't even a potential nominee due to injury). Sucks for Giles, but I still feel he comes back and performs at a lottery level at Duke. Might not be the overall #1 pick he was hyped to be a few years ago, but he'll be taken in the top 10, maybe even the top 5.
I think they would have. Remember, those guys came back for seconds their junior year. The expectation, even then, was that they would leave.
He would probably be the first to not drop after an injury. Will probably be honored at half time of Burger game.
