This communication was one of the things that Jimmy Butler complained about before leaving town. Derrick Rose also echoed the Wolves’ inability to talk to each other in a constructive way, especially when it meant being honest with each other. Taj Gibson offered a slightly different perspective Monday. “The communication was there. But when you got trades and all kind of shot looming over your head, it’s difficult,” Gibson said. “We’re professionals but it’s always difficult when you hear trade rumors. You become close with guys. Now, all that is behind us and we can just move forward.”
Taj Gibson Rumors
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Position: F
Born: 06/24/85
Height: 6-9 / 2.06
Weight:225 lbs. / 102.1 kg.
Salary: $14,000,000
Born: 06/24/85
Height: 6-9 / 2.06
Weight:225 lbs. / 102.1 kg.
Salary: $14,000,000
KC Johnson: Taj Gibson said he called Denzel Valentine and encouraged him to get reconstructive ankle surgery that Gibson had and Valentine will undergo next week.
Christopher Hine: Taj Gibson on Karl-Anthony Towns’ 3rd quarter: “He was playing really angry. I was just trying to get him to play a little harder, play a little more physical. He got in foul trouble earlier in the game, but I told him, got to keep going, keep pushing.”
Taj Gibson said he was sitting across from Butler when the news landed. On the one hand, Gibson said, he understood it was just business. But, “it was still shocking.” “No matter what, even if you want to ask for a trade, when you finally get traded it’s kind of a weird feeling,” Gibson said. “That is the moment I felt for him.”
