2044 Hall of Fame Nominee - Artis Gilmore

[Donny - Bucks]

Artis Gilmore, a THREE-TIME Defensive Player of the Year and one of the better bigs in league history, retired after 1,439 games of high-level defensive play with a keen ability to rebound and even get buckets from time to time. Will this be enough for him to get into the NBN Hall of Fame?

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CAREER STATS
Games: 1439
MPG: 35.1
PPG: 15.2
RPG: 13.8
APG: 2.8
SPG: 1.1
BPG: 3.0
TOPG: 2.2
FG%: .437
FT%: .688
3P%: .165

Best Season (2034 Wizards)
Games: 82
MPG: 36.2
PPG: 17.6
RPG: 14.2
APG: 3.2
SPG: 1.3
BPG: 3.7 
TOPG: 2.3
FG%: .471
FT%: .778
3P%: .158

Career Highs
Points: 40
Rebounds: 30
Assists: 10
Steals: 6
Blocks: 13

Achievements
Championships: 3
Player of the Game: 176
Player of the Week: 0
Player of the Month: 0
Double Doubles: 987
Triple Doubles: 9

Awards
2025 - All-Rookie Second Team
2026 - All-Star Rookie Game Participant
2026 - Rookie Game MVP
2028 - All-League Third Team
2029 - Playoff MVP
2030 - All-Star Game Participant
2030 - All-League Second Team
2030 - Defensive Player of the Year
2030 - All-Defensive Team
2031 - All-Star Game Participant
2031 - All-League Second Team
2031 - All-Defensive Second Team
2032 - All-Star Game Participant
2032 - All-League Third Team
2033 - All-Star Game Participant
2033 - All-League Second Team
2034 - All-Star Game Participant
2034 - All-Star Game MVP
2034 - All-League Third Team
2034 - Defensive Player of the Year
2034 - All-Defensive Team
2035 - All-League Third Team
2036 - All-Star Game Participant
2036 - All-League Third Team
2036 - Defensive Player of the Year
2036 - All-Defensive Team



Arguments For Induction
- I mean, let's just start it off with the 3x Defensive Player of the Year, 1x Playoff MVP with Miami in 2029, 8x All-League Teams, 4x All-Defensive Teams, and 6x All-Star appearances. For a guy who wasn't always necessarily ELITE offensively, his ability to score, rebound, grab boards, pass, get stocks, and just all around help his team was incredibly impressive. He was truly an iconic big man.

- He was a key member of three title teams and regularly found himself as one of the league's best rebounders, near the top of the list for what felt like half or more of his career, while also being a guaranteed 4+ stock player for like 15 years. Special.

- I think it's underrated but in the first half of his career, he was nearly as good of an offensive scorer in terms of efficiency that we had in terms of bigs outside of the elite of the elites, while also being an elite defender, rebounder... it's kind of tough to even argue against him because of all the positives.

Arguments Against Induction
- He had some turnover problems from time to time throughout his career, but honestly, at 2.2 TOPG for his career it's not like it really mattered when he wasn't relied upon to put up 1100+ shots per season.

- Gilmore's end of his career definitely made his stats look less impressive. They're special, truly. At the end of 2036 (a year he lead the league in RPG and BPG), he was a career average 16/14/4.2 stocks on 45% from the field, which is about as good as the non-elite offensive players get. The end of his career was not always pretty and he played for a long time, but I find it hard to hold it against him.

- No POTWs, POTMs, and not an overwhelming amount of POTG awards either makes him look like a role player rather than the star his actual game portrayed.

Vote carefully, and remember to throw out arguments regardless of which side you're on. This should be a discussion that eventually gets the league to the proper decision on him. Your vote can also be retracted after it's been cast if you feel like switching to the other side based on the arguments that have been made. To be inducted, a player needs 70% and to be considered in a later class they need 50%. Vote carefully.

***BONUS - Don't forget that everyone who votes gets $100 and the person that makes the best argument or contributes to the discussion the best will be awarded an extra $100***

[ucfinfan86]

He won his 3 titles in Miami so I think it’s justified going in as a member of the Heat

One of the best bigs to do it. A true traditional big man. That KAT for rookie Gilmore trade was a pillar for my 4 title run.

[pjclippers]

Sure

[carlos]

Voted yes for multiple teams

He won 3 titles with the Heat but was more of a secondary player for them with KAJ, Dieng, Haynes, and Baugh filling out the lineup. He had his best years on the Wizards imo

Also, I think I should get rewarded for the rare W over uc in a trade

[carmelo115]

Yes with heat

[frosty]

Yes for sure

[verysilentone]

I went yes but with Wizards. It's a tossup between the two. He was better with Wizards, but he won titles and was developed by the Heat

[cheddar]

Went Wizards. Definitely had a superior resume with the Heat, but seemed to have a larger role on the Wizards with slightly better stats.

[cop5414]

If only one of those Wizard teams made it to the finals. Hard to go against the success with the Heat.

[carlos]

Sept 6, 2022 2:48:14 GMT cop5414 said:

If only one of those Wizard teams made it to the finals. Hard to go against the success with the Heat.

You can just vote for the Heat, no need to rub it in lol

[yourkers15]

Yes

[John1974]

Yes

[Donny - Bucks]

definite yes

[The Slough]

yes, but another lucky jump or trade with landing him lol.......must be nice lol.

[A. Silver]

I voted yes because he put up some crazy numbers for a long time, but I kind of think he's overrated. Not quite Lebron James Jr overrated, but sort of the same type of player.