<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">[IMGR]http://www.nba.com/media/bulls/gilmore3_060527.jpg[/IMGR]When you sneak a peek into the hallowed Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, there?s a name of a notoriously quiet player that shouts out in absentia. He?s the all-time shooting leader in two professional leagues (yes, he was more accurate than Wilt Chamberlain). He?s the NCAA?s all-time leading rebounder (yes, he dominated the college glass better than Bill Russell). He was the ABA Rookie of the Year (and MVP) in the same year that Hall of Famer Julius Erving and six-time All-Star George McGinnis were rookies. And, off the court, none other than Chicago Bulls legend ?Stormin?? Norm Van Lier says that ?if I had a son, I would want him to be just like this man.? The gentle giant who leaves a gaping hole in the Hall is Artis ?A-Train? Gilmore, who played five ABA seasons and a dozen in the NBA. Few players were as powerful and consistent on both ends of the floor as Gilmore, and, while there are centers with more titles, MVP awards and higher profiles, you can count the pivotmen with more outstanding overall careers as the A-Train?s on one hand. Don?t overlook the fact that, playing the most physically demanding position in the sport, Gilmore played 1,329 regular-season games in 17 seasons?an average of more than 78 games per season?and ran up consecutive games-played streaks of 670 and 212. And through incredible pounding in the paint, ?He never complained about pain,? former Kentucky Colonels? trainer Lloyd Gardner says. ?He was an unbelievable competitor, who never wanted to miss a game. He took a lot of pride in that.? Gilmore won one ABA MVP award, in his rookie year of 1971-72. His Colonels made it to two ABA Finals, losing in seven games to Indiana in 1972-73 and winning in five games vs. the Pacers in 1974-75. His regular season ABA numbers were 22.3 points and 17.1 rebounds, mirrored by his playoff averages: 22.0 points and 16.1 rebounds.</div> Source
He recently got a DUI. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Former Bulls Great Artis Gilmore Charged With DUI 18th May, 2006 - 8:02 pm Chicago Tribune - Former Bulls center Artis Gilmore was charged with drunken driving after flipping his car during an accident, the Associated Press is reporting. Gilmore, 57, wasn't injured in the crash but the Florida Highway Patrol said witnesses had to help him from the car because he was caught on his seat belt. The accident happened early Wednesday, when Gilmore's car left the road, hit a tree and overturned onto its roof, FHP spokesman Bill Leeper said. A trooper investigating the accident said he smelled alcohol, and Gilmore said he had a few glasses of wine and was driving home. After failing a series of field sobriety exercises, Gilmore was arrested on a misdemeanor DUI charge. Gilmore's blood-alcohol level was 0.14 percent, Leeper said, more than the legal limit of 0.08 percent.</div> Source
