Jayson Tatum reached out to the NBA out of concern for his former Duke teammate Harry Giles III, and it resulted in a new rule in the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement, according to Chris Haynes, of Bleacher Report.
The rule, which is informally named after Giles, will let players who miss a whole season keep that year from counting toward the three-year maximum service for two-way eligibility.
Knee injuries sidelined Giles for the entirety of his rookie season in 2018. He is now on a two-way contract with the Clippers, which he would not have been eligible for under the old CBA.