World News – USA – Knicks is considering signing Taj Gibson and Tyson Chandler to bolster the forecourt

It’s always been surprising that Tom Thibodeau’s Knicks didn’t sign Taj Gibson again on a smaller deal after they turned down his $ 10 million team option in November

But the 6-foot-9 Gibson, who played for Thibodeau in Chicago and Minnesota, is back on the Knicks’ radar, sources confirm, with his razor-thin front from injuries to Obi Toppin, Omari Spellman and Nerlens Noel With the Knicks capped at $ 18 million, money is not an issue

According to someone close to Gibson, he’s been in Los Angeles since the start of the season and has worked with seven teams, including the Wizards The Truncated Free Agency didn’t help Gibson as the teams filled their rosters quickly

According to an NBA source, the Knicks also had internal talks about bringing back the center Tyson Chandler, a key to their 2012-13 powerhouse team when current assistant Mike Woodson was head coach

Gibson, a Brooklyn native who donated a lot of money to his old part of Fort Greene, had a good influence on Mitchell Robinson last season, starting 56 games despite being 34

The Knicks could easily do without Spellman to make room Spellman, who was won on a deal with Minnesota last month, played four minutes in a preseason game before the former Villanova striker injured his knee and was out until Wednesday night, when he was active but not playing He didn’t report to the Knicks in good shape

Noel lost the starting job to Robinson last season and missed the last two games. He had knee and ankle injuries and was a late scratch in Atlanta on Sunday without being on the injury report. Then he missed the game in Utah on Wednesday / p>

There were rumors that Noel was unhappy – to which he replied incorrectly on Twitter, however, he and super agent Rich Paul split on December 19

According to a source, Noel was disappointed with his recent deals after he once turned down a 4-year $ 70 million deal from Dallas while at another agency after two good seasons at OKC, Noel signed at the November signed a $ 5 million one-year deal with the Knicks

The Knicks need a big body as Julius Randle averages 386 minutes-second in the NBA Toppin was injured in the season opener and could be 1½ weeks from a return

With Thibodeau allegedly a top contender in February, Gibson told The Post, “Boys have multiple chances when you look around the league He’s been misunderstood A lot of players have different attitudes His mindset wins To win games you have to go a long way doing hard work Sometimes young players don’t get it ”

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