It’s a very Chicago Bulls-like announcement, coming at a time of the NBA calendar that, for the last 17 years, hasn’t been a very Chicago Bulls-like part of the season:
Bulls say forward Taj Gibson underwent an arthroscopy and repair of his left ankle on Tuesday and is expected to be out 4 months.
— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) June 19, 2015
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Gibson, who missed a month of 2014-15 after rolling that same ankle, was clearly hurting throughout this season’s NBA playoffs, a run that saw Chicago embarrassingly bounced from the second round in mid-May.