NY Knicks player Taj Gibson is stepping up to help finance the funeral of Davell Gardner, Jr. ... after the 1-year-old boy was tragically shot and killed in Brooklyn last week.
Gardner was shot around 11:30 PM on July 12 when two gunmen opened fire on a family barbecue at the Bedford-Stuyvesant playground. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he died a short time after.
Gibson -- who also organized a peace walk against gun violence in Bed-Stuy after Gardner's death -- will pay for the pay the funeral and wake, a rep for the NBAer told the Brooklyn Paper.