San Antonio really got Gilmore about two or three years too late. Ice was already showing some signs of decline by the 83 season and Gilmore was well into his 30s at this point too.
Man, James Worthy missed the entire playoffs this year!! He broke a leg about six weeks before the playoffs. The Sixers were so good, it may not have mattered, but the Lakers wouldn't have gotten swept!
@Ed Nunez Nixon played in 3 of the 4 games in the Finals. McAdoo played 2 of 4. Nixon got hurt in Game 3, I think with a broken hand. Which would be his last game as a Laker, since he was traded in Sept of Oct of 83 for Scott and Swen Nater.
Lawomenshoops..good morning from New York..if you remember Lakers beat the spurs in 6 games ..last game Friday night....flight to Philly play the Sixers 1pm on sunday....Kareem went from playing against ARTIS 6 tough games and then you had to face Moses.....2 Hall of famers...2 ABA guys....Kareem was brilliant but that was hard..let's not forget Moses was a rebounding machine at that time ....philly that year was like the big red machine and the old Baltimore Orioles with the Frank and Brooks Robinson..etc....if worthy was there...like Moses said 4....4.....4...PEACE...wear your mask
@@gorkajames6475 morning Gorka..I know what Ed meant....as you know during that era the center play was superb...Kareem went against hall of fame players the majority of his career.....also the ones who were not like carthwright..lambeer..Billy paultz.. were good players..peace..praise God from whom all blessings flow..wear your mask
@@gorkajames6475 Kareem certainly outplayed most of them well past his own prime. Jabbar killed Artis in their head to head matchup in the late 70s. Even in this series 1983 WCF Kareem got the better of Gilmore. Not saying Artis didn't play well but he wasn't able to slow Jabbar down. Kareem played against an older Wilt who ask his teammates for help guarding the younger man. In 1972 WCF in 6 games Jabbar outscore Wilt 202-59. Rebounded evenly with him. Kareem was the best at that time.
I looked up some stats. Iceman averaged 26 points that season but only took 33 3-pointers!! Icemand and Mike Mitchell both took over 1,300 shots each. A-Train took less than 900 and averaged 18 points, I'm sure many coming after offensive rebounds. I wonder how many set plays they ran for A-Train!
Lawomenshoops...remember the 3 pointers was not shot that often....even in the old ABA the 3 pointer was more of a strategy shot taken mostly in the second half..now everyone is taking the 3s...Curry reminds me of Dampier of the the Kentucky colonels....both can shoot it..PEACE
LeBron Jame is nba career nba scoring record king now::: :: mose Malone gave jabber private lessons in the low post 📫 moves in the paint area of the 🧺 basket
@@loydklineYour delusional. Kareem was the greatest low post scorer that ever lived. that why he was still scoring 40+ on Akeem Olajawon in his late 30s. Mutuiple times. Show me examples of 37 year old Moses or Hakeem scoring 40? You can't do it. It's was the skills and bball iq of Jabbar that allowed him to do it like nobody else ever has.
@smokeyjoe795 dirk nowitzki & Nikola jokic & Hakeem olajuwon would horsewhip jabber in a horse shooting contest: jabber was basically a skyhook shooter in the 1980s; Hakeem olajuwon& dirk nowitzki; Nikola jokic each had the low post 📫 moves whole package after the 1980s jabber almost abandoned is broken down jump shot ; laugh laugh ;, LeBron Jame broke Kareem Abdul jabber career scoring record before 40s years old :: manute bol has more 3 points career points than jabber; I think manute bol block 🚫 jabber skyhook shot basketball 🏀 put into 🗑 trash can to sleep:: maybe bol bol will blow away jabber 3 points career points ; laugh laugh wish David Robinson could've played against jabber; jabber worst 🌙 nightmare no navy duties
@@loydkline When he was 40 years old, he was still been defending double team. 38 years old MVP of the Finals. Started to NBA 3 years later then LeBron. I could not imagine if he could play at the age of 20, he could reach to 45.000 points in his career. Abdul-Jabbar was the Unguardable player. This is the explanation of Olajuwon. Abdul-Jabbar is the greatest. No doubt. it is whats it is.
@@70sfan No he wasn't, he was always a skill player with that unstoppable hook. For example, Hakeem was an athlete, Wilt was an athlete, but Jabbar, not so much.
Now these are true Big Men.
I miss seeing actual defense being played in the NBA.
San Antonio really got Gilmore about two or three years too late. Ice was already showing some signs of decline by the 83 season and Gilmore was well into his 30s at this point too.
Jabbar older than Gilmore
Battle of the titans artis gilmore vs Abdul-Jabbar
It has been rumored that Artis Gilmore was the strongest man ever to play in the NBA. They said he was gentle, but didn't know how strong he was...💪🏽😐
G L Shaq is stronger.
@@gorkajames6475 I wouldn't doubt it. This was probably said when Gilmore was still playing; long before the world knew Shaq.
@@gl6996 wilt workout with arnold schzenegger for six months while making a 🎥 movie together
@@lloydkline6946 I remember. Wilt was from another planet. Wilt even considered a comeback in his 50s!!!
El mejor Centro de todos los tiempos, Jabbar.
Yo creo si.
Jabbar likes taller than Gilmore stand next to each other love both of them two good players and men met both of them before
Met artis gilmore &kareem Abdul-Jabbar, wow
Yeah i dont think Gilmore was a legit 7.2
Gilmore was prolly 7’1 and 7’2 with shoes and kareem was prolly 7’3 with shoes, because they both look the same height.
Man, James Worthy missed the entire playoffs this year!! He broke a leg about six weeks before the playoffs. The Sixers were so good, it may not have mattered, but the Lakers wouldn't have gotten swept!
@Ed Nunez Nixon played in 3 of the 4 games in the Finals. McAdoo played 2 of 4. Nixon got hurt in Game 3, I think with a broken hand. Which would be his last game as a Laker, since he was traded in Sept of Oct of 83 for Scott and Swen Nater.
Lawomenshoops..good morning from New York..if you remember Lakers beat the spurs in 6 games ..last game Friday night....flight to Philly play the Sixers 1pm on sunday....Kareem went from playing against ARTIS 6 tough games and then you had to face Moses.....2 Hall of famers...2 ABA guys....Kareem was brilliant but that was hard..let's not forget Moses was a rebounding machine at that time ....philly that year was like the big red machine and the old Baltimore Orioles with the Frank and Brooks Robinson..etc....if worthy was there...like Moses said 4....4.....4...PEACE...wear your mask
Philadelphia 76er 1982/ 1983 were unbeatable / invincible
@Kenneth mose Malone own the backboard :: late 1970s/ early 1980s ;; mose Malone was a rebounding machine
@@loydkline so true my brother
Gilmore made this very difficult for Kareem. A lot of awkward hook shots.
Indeed, Kareem always had to work hard against Artis.
Both men had great respect for each other
Ed Nunez Not sure what you mean by stopped but he wasn’t regularly dominating guys like Artis, Wilt, or Moses
@@gorkajames6475 morning Gorka..I know what Ed meant....as you know during that era the center play was superb...Kareem went against hall of fame players the majority of his career.....also the ones who were not like carthwright..lambeer..Billy paultz.. were good players..peace..praise God from whom all blessings flow..wear your mask
@@gorkajames6475 Kareem certainly outplayed most of them well past his own prime. Jabbar killed Artis in their head to head matchup in the late 70s. Even in this series 1983 WCF Kareem got the better of Gilmore. Not saying Artis didn't play well but he wasn't able to slow Jabbar down.
Kareem played against an older Wilt who ask his teammates for help guarding the younger man. In 1972 WCF in 6 games Jabbar outscore Wilt 202-59. Rebounded evenly with him. Kareem was the best at that time.
I looked up some stats. Iceman averaged 26 points that season but only took 33 3-pointers!! Icemand and Mike Mitchell both took over 1,300 shots each. A-Train took less than 900 and averaged 18 points, I'm sure many coming after offensive rebounds. I wonder how many set plays they ran for A-Train!
Lawomenshoops...remember the 3 pointers was not shot that often....even in the old ABA the 3 pointer was more of a strategy shot taken mostly in the second half..now everyone is taking the 3s...Curry reminds me of Dampier of the the Kentucky colonels....both can shoot it..PEACE
A-Train led the NBA in FG% for 4 straight years. In his prime he was a 60%+ shooter.
Gilmore looking badass
Kareem was surgical in the low post. That is what happens when you don't double team the greatest scorer in history.
LeBron Jame is nba career nba scoring record king now::: :: mose Malone gave jabber private lessons in the low post 📫 moves in the paint area of the 🧺 basket
Jabber was a surgical dr j in the skyhook low 📫 post;;; ; Hakeem olajuwon was a surgical doctor in the low post 📫/ paint areas near the basket 🧺
@@loydklineYour delusional. Kareem was the greatest low post scorer that ever lived. that why he was still scoring 40+ on Akeem Olajawon in his late 30s. Mutuiple times. Show me examples of 37 year old Moses or Hakeem scoring 40? You can't do it.
It's was the skills and bball iq of Jabbar that allowed him to do it like nobody else ever has.
@smokeyjoe795 dirk nowitzki & Nikola jokic & Hakeem olajuwon would horsewhip jabber in a horse shooting contest: jabber was basically a skyhook shooter in the 1980s; Hakeem olajuwon& dirk nowitzki; Nikola jokic each had the low post 📫 moves whole package after the 1980s jabber almost abandoned is broken down jump shot ; laugh laugh ;, LeBron Jame broke Kareem Abdul jabber career scoring record before 40s years old :: manute bol has more 3 points career points than jabber; I think manute bol block 🚫 jabber skyhook shot basketball 🏀 put into 🗑 trash can to sleep:: maybe bol bol will blow away jabber 3 points career points ; laugh laugh wish David Robinson could've played against jabber; jabber worst 🌙 nightmare no navy duties
@@loydkline When he was 40 years old, he was still been defending double team. 38 years old MVP of the Finals. Started to NBA 3 years later then LeBron. I could not imagine if he could play at the age of 20, he could reach to 45.000 points in his career. Abdul-Jabbar was the Unguardable player. This is the explanation of Olajuwon. Abdul-Jabbar is the greatest. No doubt. it is whats it is.
I bet Gilmore was more than 260 here. I bet 290.
Obvious Jabbar got calls. Obviously best player but refs gave him a lot of breaks.
All the comments two years late, lol.
Artis has lost his athleticism at this stage, while Jabbar never had any athleticism.
Kareem was one of the most athletic 7 footers ever. Watch him in Milwaukee, he was marvelous.
@@70sfan No he wasn't, he was always a skill player with that unstoppable hook. For example, Hakeem was an athlete, Wilt was an athlete, but Jabbar, not so much.
@@acornsucks2111 Watch this and tell me that Kareem wasn't athletic:
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@@acornsucks2111 yoo jabbar is agile in his milwaukee days bro lmao
@@70sfan yeaa ppl only see his lakers highlights bruh
Kind of an ugly game for these 2
all games prior to 1985 look sloppy