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: $9,000,000
Born: 06/24/85
Height: 6-9 / 2.06
Weight:225 lbs. / 102.1 kg.
Salary: $9,000,000
Gibson, the sage that he is, has tried to be a leader. He told teammates they might as well get a place in the city. The drive from Greenburgh, “That’s pretty far, man.” Few, it seems, listened. (His other piece of advice was about driving in the city: “Try to find a good place to park so you don’t get tickets. Because they’ll give you a ticket even if you’re in the car waiting. That happened to me before (this season). I got a ticket while I was in the car.”)
Ian Begley: NYK’s Taj Gibson was asked how he expects the MSG crowd to react to Carmelo Anthony tomorrow when Portland comes to town: “I think he should get a standing ovation. He did a lot for the city. Came back, did well for the team. Great all around player, great all around person.”
Chris Iseman: Knicks say Marcus Morris (sore left Achilles) is doubtful for tonight. Taj Gibson (illness) is questionable. Wayne Ellington is still out.
“[Fizdale] and Smart were the ones that gave me my first chance in this league,” Barrett said. “It’s tough for me to see them go. But there are always more games and I have a job to do. You have to move on. You can’t look back ever in this league. … “I knew it was a business coming in. I’m happy to have really strong vets. Taj keeps telling me, ‘Stay straight, young fella. Don’t veer off. Stay with it.’ ”
Gibson heard the reasons for Fizdale’s firing from management but said it was confidential. Asked if he agreed, Gibson waffled. “I’m gonna say I don’t know how to answer that, because I felt like I was learning so much him as a coach,’’ Gibson said. “But other than a coach being a good guy off the court, just teaching us values, teaching us different things. Hats off to Coach Fiz.”
