HE WON MVP & ROTY IN THE SAME SEASON | ABA Legends Ep.Pilot Artis "A-Train" Gilmore

[@brianarbenz1329]

I grew up watching Artis Gilmore in the ABA with the Colonels. He was the best center in the game -- either league -- during 1974 through '76. Better than Kareem. Better than Dave Cowens. Better than Willis Reed. In the ABA title game against the Indiana Pacers and George McGinnis, Artis scored 28 points and grabbed 31 rebounds. That's not a typo -- THIRTY.... ONE...REBOUNDS. An unstoppable force. Best post season performance by a center ever. Decades later, I became a feature writer for a newspaper and interviewed Artis in the 1990s as he visited with children at the elementary school where his own children had attended. Absolutely nicest, most enjoyable person I ever interviewed. The children loved Artis (even though they were 5 and 6 and had never heard of him) and he loved them back. Artis was a great family man and had a gentle temperament that no one who watched him own the boards would have figured. :)

[@albinlindberg990]

Nice video man! No one can stop the A-Train

[@BBallLore]

At his size with his abilities... Nightmare matchup

[@noooope4445]

Artis actually got a mid range you gotta watch them aba highlights to see it the leauge had more freedom and space since they had a 3pt line

[@chrispeak6707]

Great video ARTIS GILMORE is my favorite player EVER saw him play many times with the Kentucky Colonels very underrated player

[@BBallLore]

Glad you enjoyed the video. He is very underrated especially with his grocery list of accolades.

[@dantekyle1775]

Nice

[@BBallLore]

Thanks Brodie

[@russellburgess684]

What if Artis had been a Chicago Bull from the start? Bulls lost to Kareem and Wilt every playoffs.

[@BBallLore]

My best guess is that (assuming he has the same impact) there would’ve been at least one year where they win it all. Maybe 2, but not back to back.

[@elwin38]

Ironically, it would've been in 1975! The same year Kentucky won the ABA title, the Chicago Bulls lost in the Western conf. finals to eventual NBA champion Golden St Warriors in 7 games(the Bulls were up 3-2 in that series). If Artis was a Bull from the start, they would've been the 75 NBA champs. They would have easily beaten the Washington Bullets(East champs in 75).🏀🏀

[@wezob4569]

Imagine if Joel Embid played like this he'd be way more efficient.

[@BBallLore]

He does settle for jumpers and loses aggression a little too often despite being elite.

[@BBallLore]

This is a re-upload from an earlier video. Working on more videos as you read this