What was Artis Gilmore good at?

Artis Gilmore is an American former professional basketball player who played in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA).

A star center during his two collegiate years at Jacksonville University, Gilmore led the Dolphins to the NCAA Division I championship game in 1970, where his team was beaten 80–69 by the UCLA Bruins.

Gilmore averaged 17.1 points and 10.1 rebounds per game during his NBA career.

Gilmore was noted for his rebounds per game and till date, he remains the top player in rebounds per game in the history of NCAA Division I basketball.

Gilmore followed five All-Star seasons with the Kentucky Colonels of the ABA by becoming the first overall pick in the 1976 ABA Dispersal draft, which dispersed the players in the ABA clubs, such as the Colonels, that did not join the NBA.

In the 1970s and ’80s, Gilmore fashioned a dominating career in the paint in the ABA and NBA.

During Gilmore’s career, he was an 11-time All-Star, the ABA Rookie of the Year, and an ABA MVP.

Nicknamed “The A-Train”, the 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) Gilmore once played in 670 consecutive games.

Gilmore was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on August 12, 2011.