Comments on: Layups: Artis Gilmore Has a Blog

By: allison

allison — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 02:24:58 +0000

!!!!!!!! http://www.nba.com/2011/news/features/steve_aschburner/07/27/artis-gilmore-hall-of-fame/

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:49:25 +0000

Awesome, great find.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:56:39 +0000

Have you seen this picture?!?

By: Keith Ellis

Keith Ellis — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:19:43 +0000

Man shot 67% from the field -- most Wiltonesque pro of all time! You don't have to be a cousin to "get" the greatness of Artis.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:35:13 +0000

I was born in 1973, so I only remember the NBA version of Artis Gilmore. But even just the NBA version was imposing. The stats quoted on this thread have really opened my eyes even more to just how good Gilmore was, even excluding his ABA days. When you add the ABA stats in, it seems like a no-brainer that A-Train is a Hall of Famer. By the way Jimmy, as a Suns fan I remember Jack Sikma well. He and the Sonics tortured the Suns in the late 1970s (including a heartbreaking loss in the 1979 Western Conference Finals, when the Suns led 3-2 and nearly won Game 6 then the Suns started to get some traction vs them in the 80s. But I'd have to agree with what the stats suggest: Gilmore was just a notch above Sikma.

By: Keith Ellis

Keith Ellis — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:06:06 +0000

Yeah, great topic! Best thing about ABA vets is that their stats, from Errors to Off Rebs to Team Def FG% & 3-pt-FG%, match up historically w/ the 'modern' post-1980 NBA. Thanks to the ABA we have a valuable perspective into pro bkb's past the NBA didn't provide from 1967-76.

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 01:25:54 +0000

You said it yourself: "I know I am stepping into a hornet's nest on this page". :D Nevertheless, it's been a good discussion and I've enjoyed poking around in the relevant player pages to look things up. You can almost see the era in your head as you review seasons from 30 years ago. Thanks everyone!

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:28:40 +0000

Dang,

How many brothers, sisters, and cousins of Artis Gilmore post on this page?

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:48:32 +0000

The funny thing is that even if you throw out the A-Train's ABA seasons (which were also in his prime by the way), he still finishes with more cumulative and higher per minute WS than Jack the Ripper.

Sikma was a fine player, but Gilmore played at an even higher level.

By: Keith Ellis

Keith Ellis — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:33:58 +0000

And to stay on subject, the NBA team that improved most dramatically in the Merger Year was the Chicago Bulls -- thanks to Artis Gilmore.