The Chicago Bulls are still battling for the Playoffs. They’re currently 9th, 1.5 games behind 8th seed Detroit. They’re still battling inner problems like the coach Fred Hoiberg’s system, it’s safe to say that the friction between the players has died down a little. But they’re still taking L’s against teams they should not be losing to. Most recently, the New York Knicks.
Taj Gibson has been quiet for most of this season but now, Taj is done, he’s really frustrated now.
“Hell yeah, I’m embarrassed,” Gibson said after the Bulls’ 106-94 defeat. “I take pride in wearing this jersey. I love wearing the Bulls jersey. Especially what we’ve been through, I take pride in playing for Chicago. When I wear that jersey, I try to go out there and play my heart out. And it’s frustrating when we come up short, and we look at ourselves, we’re losing to … I don’t want to criticize any[body], [but] trash teams. Everybody’s in the NBA for a reason, but we’re playing against teams that are not playing for anything, and we’re just laying down. It feels like now we’re a target. It feels like teams are not taking us serious.
“Teams are more eager to play us. [In years prior,] it was vice versa. They knew we were coming in to punch people in the face and keep playing. It’s just, it’s hard, man. It really eats me up inside. It’s really hard to sleep at night knowing it’s coming down to the wire, and our effort isn’t there. It’s really frustrating.“
I said a couple of seasons ago that Taj Gibson should request a trade because I thought he could be a starter on another team. But good on him, he stayed loyal and still bleeds red. Shame that they’ll have to blow it all up after this season, in my opinion.
