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Artis Gilmore

Career (regular season)

GP
909
PTS
17.1
REB
10.1
AST
2.0

Personal details

Position
Center
Height and weight
2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) · 109 kg (240 lb)
Born
September 21, 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Chipley, Estados Unidos
School / club
Jacksonville
Draft
1971: round 7, pick 117
NBA career
1976-1987 · 12 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1976-77 CHI 82 1,527 1,070 199 2,877 44 203 — 52.2 — 66.0
1977-78 CHI 82 1,879 1,071 263 3,067 42 181 366 55.9 — 70.4
1978-79 CHI 82 1,940 1,043 274 3,265 50 156 310 57.5 — 73.9
1979-80 CHI 48 855 432 133 1,568 29 59 133 59.5 — 71.2
1980-81 CHI 82 1,469 828 172 2,832 47 198 236 67.0 — 70.5
1981-82 CHI 82 1,517 835 136 2,796 49 220 227 65.2 100.0 76.8
1982-83 SAS 82 1,479 984 126 2,797 40 192 254 62.6 0.0 74.0
1983-84 SAS 64 982 662 70 2,034 36 132 149 63.1 0.0 71.8
1984-85 SAS 81 1,548 846 131 2,756 40 173 241 62.3 0.0 74.9
1985-86 SAS 71 1,184 600 102 2,395 39 108 186 61.8 0.0 70.1
1986-87 SAS 82 934 579 150 2,405 39 95 178 59.7 — 68.0
1987-88 CHI 24 101 63 9 372 5 12 28 51.3 — 51.4
1987-88 BOS 47 164 148 12 521 10 18 39 57.4 — 52.7
1987-88 TOT 71 265 211 21 893 15 30 67 54.7 — 52.3
Career 909 15,579 9,161 1,777 29,685 470 1,747 2,347 59.9 7.7 71.3

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1976-77 CHI 3 56 39 6 126 3 8 — 47.5 — 78.3
1980-81 CHI 6 108 67 12 247 6 17 17 59.3 — 69.1
1982-83 SAS 11 184 142 18 401 9 34 27 57.6 — 69.6
1984-85 SAS 5 89 50 7 185 2 7 23 55.8 — 68.9
1985-86 SAS 3 40 18 3 107 7 1 10 66.7 — 57.1
1987-88 BOS 14 15 20 1 86 0 4 4 50.0 — 50.0
Career 42 492 336 47 1,152 27 71 81 56.8 — 68.0

TOT: season total across all the teams he played for.

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 2011 (as a player)
  • All-Defensive Second Team: 1977-78
  • Field goal percentage leader (4): 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84
  • All-Star (6): 1978, 1979, 1981 (starter), 1982 (starter), 1983, 1986

Draft

  • 1971 · ABA draft · Kentucky Colonels · Jacksonville
  • 1976 · Chicago Bulls · Kentucky ($110000)

Transactions

  1. · Signing

    The Chicago Bulls selected Artis Gilmore from the Kentucky Colonels in the dispersal draft.

  2. · Trade

    The Chicago Bulls traded Artis Gilmore to the San Antonio Spurs for Dave Corzine, Mark Olberding and cash.

  3. · Trade

    The Chicago Bulls traded a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Shelton Jones was later selected) to the San Antonio Spurs for Artis Gilmore.

  4. · Waived

    The Chicago Bulls waived Artis Gilmore.

  5. · Signing

    The Boston Celtics signed Artis Gilmore as a free agent.

Salaries

Season Team Salary
1984-85 SAS $0.6M
1985-86 SAS $0.7M
1987-88 BOS $0.9M
Career total $2.1M

Regular-season salaries; if a team waived him and kept paying, the amounts are added up. Data from Basketball-Reference, cross-checked with HoopsHype and ESPN.

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