Duke star freshman Harry Giles has knee surgery

Harry Giles can't seem to kick his knee issues.

The Duke freshman, who was hindered by a pair of knee injuries during his high school career, underwent another knee surgery — this one a left knee arthroscopy — on Monday. The typical recovery time for this procedure is six weeks, which is into the start of college basketball season.

Duke announced that the surgery was successful.

“We’re very pleased with the outcome of today’s procedure,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said in a statement. “This is the right step for Harry at the moment as it will help him be 100 percent going forward. Harry has done a tremendous job in rehabilitation over the last year and I’m sure he’ll continue to do the same after this procedure.”

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Right before his sophomore year of high school, Giles tore the ACL and MCL in his left knee, the same knee that he had surgery on on Monday. Last November, in the opening game of his senior year, Giles tore his right ACL. He underwent surgery both times for those previous knee injuries.

After last November's injury, Giles began his rehabilitation process at Duke; he's been rehabbing and training there ever since. The Blue Devil coaching staff has been very conscious about not rushing Giles back considering his injury history. They want him to focus on his health first, which impacts the long-term potential in the sport of basketball.

Monday's surgery was performed by Dr. Claude T. Moorman, the head team physician, at Duke University Medical Center.

"The most important thing obviously is him and his future," Duke associate head coach Jeff Capel told USA TODAY Sports in September. "That is the most important thing. So with that we try to be extremely careful and cautious. Fortunately...we did have time. It wasn't a thing were there was a rush to get him back just for the summer and that's something that we talked to him about. We probably maybe could've pushed it more or things like that but we want to make sure that when he is back, that there's no lingering effects of the injury. You're also dealing with — to a certain extent — strengthening both knees.

"You've had an injury in both knees so it's not just the one that he did back in November. It's both knees, it's his hips. It's all of these things to try to correct maybe some imbalances in his body to try to be preventative. We feel very confident that he'll be able to be back and be back to who he was and even better. We understand that it's going to take some time."

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