Gorgui Dieng is struggling to find his place with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Head coach and president Tom Thibodeau moved him to the bench in favor of free-agent acquisition Taj Gibson, and the returns have not been great. Dieng is still shooting a ridiculously high percentage on long twos, even though his three-point clip dropped, according [...]
November 3, 2017
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Taj Gibson is one of the key veteran additions for the Minnesota Timberwolves that the organization hopes will help them reach the postseason for the first time since 2004. Gibson isn’t really a standout on the court or in the box score per se to the average NBA fan as nothing jumps off the page [...]
October 5, 2017
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After adding Jimmy Butler, Taj Gibson and Jeff Teague, the Minnesota Timberwolves are bound to call it a summer. Or maybe not. According to Eurohoops.net’s Niko Varlas, the TimberBulls have eyes for Milos Teodosic, who is widely considered the best playmaker not in the NBA: However, Teodosic will not play in Europe next season and [...]
If the Chicago Bulls want to re-sign Taj Gibson this summer, they won’t have to sell him on a return. He already wants to come back, per K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune: Taj Gibson has survived near-annual trade rumors to become, in his eighth season, the longest-tenured Bull. He’s also poised to become an [...]
December 12, 2016
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In yet another sign that the Chicago Bulls are gearing up for a rebuild, the team has started shopping forward-center Taj Gibson. From Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times: To add some further clouds to the Bulls frontcourt rotation, a league source said that the Bulls have been talking to several teams about the possibility [...]
June 27, 2016
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The Bulls were the sexy pick for the past handful of years in the East, but things have certainly changed. Derrick Rose’s injuries, roster changes and a head coaching swap has found Chicago potentially missing the playoffs. That’s something that wasn’t fathomable just a year ago, but here we are. Rookie head coach Fred Hoiberg [...]
April 6, 2016
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After the Bulls 106-94 loss in New York Thursday night, which dropped them out of a playoff spot and to 36-35 on the season, Bulls power forward Taj Gibson let out his frustrations. When asked by a reporter after the game if he was disappointed with the Bulls recent performance losing back to back games [...]
March 25, 2016
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Joakim Noah, by all appearances, has played his last game with the Chicago Bulls. The soon-to-be 31-year-old is done for the season after undergoing shoulder surgery and will be an unrestricted free agent at campaign’s end. He doesn’t fit head coach Fred Hoiberg’s offensive model, and the presences of Taj Gibson, Nikola Mirotic (currently injured), [...]
January 28, 2016
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Joakim Noah’s shoulder injury puts the Chicago Bulls in a tricky situation. The 30-year-old center needs to undergo surgery on his left shoulder and will miss four to six months, ending his 2015-16 season. Joakim Noah is slated for unrestricted free agency this summer and will most likely leave. A breakup between he and the [...]
January 19, 2016
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The Chicago Bulls are apparently sending a message to the rest of the NBA. It reads: “Let’s make a deal!” With a crazy logjam in the frontcourt, the Bulls have started to gauge the values of bigs Pau Gasol, Taj Gibson and Joakim Noah around the league, according to Bleacher Report’s Ric Bucher, as transcribed [...]
January 15, 2016
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