Taj Gibson appreciation thread

[Zenzibar]

I’d be pissed if I were him, if they didn’t get Precious he’d probably get his money

First Taj was attending to his foundations and working out when the Knicks called. They'll drop a couple of hundred thousand for 3 weeks work and another couple to his foundation. Not bad for 3 weeks work and a future coaching spot.

[nedleeds]

Taj always gave it his best, was a good soldier, and just aged out of the NBA. He is really the kind of influence we need in our coaching staff and I'd love to see him stay around to mentor our players. Also, no matter how old he is, he takes care of himself. Just a great guy all around, and I really appreciate him.

Outside of Buck Williams & Herb Williams he's my favorite 36+ year old Knick Vet

Kurt Thomas part 2. Sheed. Kidd all on one team were great.

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[Jeff Van Gully]

I’d be pissed if I were him, if they didn’t get Precious he’d probably get his money

First Taj was attending to his foundations and working out when the Knicks called. They'll drop a couple of hundred thousand for 3 weeks work and another couple to his foundation. Not bad for 3 weeks work and a future coaching spot.

yeah, i don't think he had expectations or entitlement here. it's actually a nice look that they brought him up and put some cash in his pocket. and probably gets him fresh on the playbook and situation if he were to join the staff in some way.

[Knicksfan1992]

I’d be pissed if I were him, if they didn’t get Precious he’d probably get his money

First Taj was attending to his foundations and working out when the Knicks called. They'll drop a couple of hundred thousand for 3 weeks work and another couple to his foundation. Not bad for 3 weeks work and a future coaching spot.

yeah, i don't think he had expectations or entitlement here. it's actually a nice look that they brought him up and put some cash in his pocket. and probably gets him fresh on the playbook and situation if he were to join the staff in some way.

He also gets a ring when we win a title

Next up: D-Rose

[8516knicks]

He'll be back.

Watch on YouTube

[ellobo]

Taj always gave it his best, was a good soldier, and just aged out of the NBA. He is really the kind of influence we need in our coaching staff and I'd love to see him stay around to mentor our players. Also, no matter how old he is, he takes care of himself. Just a great guy all around, and I really appreciate him.

Outside of Buck Williams & Herb Williams he's my favorite 36+ year old Knick Vet

Herb gave us all he had from age 34-40, except for a game with the Raptors (We sent him to the Raptors in a trade when he was 37, but they waived him a week later after one appearance and we resigned him). Unfortunately, his all was an average of 2.9ppg on 43% shooting.

[RHODEY]

Taj always gave it his best, was a good soldier, and just aged out of the NBA. He is really the kind of influence we need in our coaching staff and I'd love to see him stay around to mentor our players. Also, no matter how old he is, he takes care of himself. Just a great guy all around, and I really appreciate him.

Outside of Buck Williams & Herb Williams he's my favorite 36+ year old Knick Vet

Herb gave us all he had from age 34-40, except for a game with the Raptors (We sent him to the Raptors in a trade when he was 37, but they waived him a week later after one appearance and we resigned him). Unfortunately, his all was an average of 2.9ppg on 43% shooting.

Yeah I love Herb like a wise old familiar uncle.....With Buck he was a classy dude but still tough and just played the right way, Playe d hard til the end. I remember an amazing block on Jordan ...but I cant find it anywhere on the internet.

[ellobo]

Outside of Buck Williams & Herb Williams he's my favorite 36+ year old Knick Vet

Herb gave us all he had from age 34-40, except for a game with the Raptors (We sent him to the Raptors in a trade when he was 37, but they waived him a week later after one appearance and we resigned him). Unfortunately, his all was an average of 2.9ppg on 43% shooting.

Yeah I love Herb like a wise old familiar uncle.....With Buck he was a classy dude but still tough and just played the right way, Playe d hard til the end. I remember an amazing block on Jordan ...but I cant find it anywhere on the internet.

I watched Buck a lot when he was on the Nets, and even on Portland, and he was always a favorite.

Even his last two years with the Knicks, playing limited minutes off the bench, his total rebounds, blocks, steals, and assists per 100 weren't too far down from his career averages.

Looking up his stats just now, I was also surprised at how high his FG percentages were. He was a 55% career shooter, never had a season under 50%, and had two seasons over 60%. Relative to league average, he had an FG+ of 115, a FTr+ of a whopping 157, and even though he didn't shoot threes and was a poor foul shooter, his TS+ was 109. And that included a steady diet of post ups, not just opportunistic dunks, layups, and putbacks.

[robillionaire]

Thanks for everything, see you in 2 weeks

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