Taj Gibson

Taj Gibson

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6'9"

232 LBS

Detroit Pistons

F

67

USC

June 24, 1985 (38)

Brooklyn, NY, USA

Hard Hat, Lunch Pail

67
contract info
length team amount avg annual salary
2022-2023 Washington Wizards $2,905,851 $2,905,851
2021-2023 New York Knicks $10,100,000 $5,050,000
2020-2021 New York Knicks $2,283,684 $2,283,684
2019-2020 New York Knicks $20,000,000 $20,000,000
2017-2018 Minnesota Timberwolves $28,000,000 $28,000,000
2013-2016 Chicago Bulls $33,000,000 $11,000,000
2009-2012 Chicago Bulls $8,690,948 $2,896,983
latest philanthropy

The Taj Gibson Foundation

The Taj Gibson Foundation provides resources and inspiration to the youth of New York City to help keep them healthy and to help them reach their full potential in life. Through fundraising and networking, it is our goal to enrich the lives of the next generation of scholars and athletes. We build into each neighborhood with sporting events, clothing and toy drives, and reinforcement of a healthy lifestyle. We partner with organizations that align with our values to collaboratively improve the lives of the builders of our future.

Project Backboard

Gibson took to the court in a different way, partnering with Scotch Painter’s Tape and Project Backboard in a major renovation on local basketball courts at the Ingersoll Houses in Brooklyn, New York, near where he grew up. Yesterday, Gibson and his foundation unveiled the new courts.

Fan Mail

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Washington Wizards Capital One Arena 601 F. Street NW Washington, DC 20004-1603 USA

Representation

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BIOGRAPHY

Taj Jami Gibson was born on June 24, 1985, in Brooklyn, New York. He is a power forward/center in the NBA.


Gibson played college basketball for the USC Trojans and was selected 26th overall by the Chicago Bulls in the 2009 NBA draft. The 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) power forward played mostly a sixth man role off the bench for the Bulls before being traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2017, later sig...

Taj Jami Gibson was born on June 24, 1985, in Brooklyn, New York. He is a power forward/center in the NBA.


Gibson played college basketball for the USC Trojans and was selected 26th overall by the Chicago Bulls in the 2009 NBA draft. The 6 ft 9 in...

F

1985-06-24 (Age: 38) Brooklyn, NY, USA

USC

Calvary Christian (CA)

2009

October 29, 2009

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