SAN FRANCISCO – Almost from the start of Taj Gibson’s NBA career, his former teammates on the Bulls called him the “young vet.”
“He’ll come in, play hard, knows his role, really great teammate in the locker room and just does the right things,” said Luol Deng, who was in Chicago with Gibson at the time.
But there was a time the young vet had to grow up into a vet.
It was Gibson’s second NBA season and Joakim Noah was yapping at Gibson during a practice. For more than a year, Gibson never retorted until one day when Noah was saying some “slick stuff,” according to Gibson.