{"product_id":"autographed-signed-artis-gilmore-hof-11-san-antonio-white-basketball-jersey-jsa-coa","title":"Autographed\/Signed Artis Gilmore HOF 11 San Antonio White Basketball Jersey JSA COA","description":"\u003cp\u003e🏀 \u003cstrong\u003eVintage Autographed\/Signed Artis Gilmore HOF 11 San Antonio Spurs White Basketball Jersey JSA COA – Hand-Signed by the ABA Kentucky Colonels and NBA Chicago Bulls and San Antonio Spurs Center Who Won the 1975 ABA Championship, Was Named ABA MVP and Later NBA All-Star Multiple Times, and Was Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011 as One of the Most Dominant Centers of the Professional Game's Most Competitive Era, Confirmed Authentic by James Spence Authentication\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏀 The San Antonio Spurs white home jersey carries the visual identity of one of the most consistently winning franchises in the history of professional basketball – the silver and black with white that has been on the AT\u0026amp;T Center floor through multiple championship runs and that represents the aesthetic of an organization whose culture of team-first basketball, coaching excellence, and player development has produced more sustained winning than almost any franchise in the modern NBA. When Artis Gilmore signed this white San Antonio jersey and inscribed “HOF 11” to mark his 2011 Basketball Hall of Fame induction, and James Spence Authentication confirmed the signature and inscription as genuine, the result was a signed piece from one of the most physically imposing centers that professional basketball produced across the combined ABA-NBA era – a player who was dominant in both leagues at a time when the quality of play in the ABA was considered by many observers to be equal to or surpassing the older league.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏀 Artis Gilmore was born September 21, 1949, in Chipley, Florida, and developed as a center at Jacksonville University in Florida before the Kentucky Colonels selected him in the 1971 ABA Draft. The American Basketball Association of the early 1970s was a league whose talent level included multiple players who would go on to define the NBA's subsequent decades – Julius Erving, David Thompson, Dan Issel, Rick Barry, and others who played in the ABA before the leagues merged in 1976 – and Gilmore competed against that level of talent while establishing himself as the most physically dominant center in the ABA's existence. At seven feet tall with a wingspan that extended his effective reach beyond what most opposing bigs could match, he combined a physical frame that could control the paint with the footwork and touch around the basket that made him one of the most efficient scorers in the professional game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏀 His 1975 ABA Championship with the Kentucky Colonels and his multiple ABA All-Star and MVP recognitions placed him at the top of the center conversation in professional basketball before the 1976 merger brought him to the NBA as part of the consolidation that absorbed four ABA teams. His years with the Chicago Bulls and San Antonio Spurs confirmed that the ABA dominance translated to the NBA level, and his career field goal percentage – one of the highest in the history of the professional game across both leagues – remained a statistical benchmark for the efficiency with which he converted opportunities in the paint. The white San Antonio Spurs jersey with his autograph and HOF 11 inscription is the signed document of a Hall of Fame career. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✍️ This San Antonio Spurs white basketball jersey carries Artis Gilmore's personal signature and “HOF 11” inscription, confirmed authentic by James Spence Authentication (JSA). Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏀 Artis Gilmore. Chipley, Florida. Jacksonville University. Kentucky Colonels. Chicago Bulls. San Antonio Spurs. “A-Train.” 1975 ABA Champion. ABA MVP. Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2011. San Antonio White Basketball Jersey. JSA COA. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48039615856872,"sku":"NP-FJ1W-YMZB","price":94.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/autographed-signed-artis-gilmore-hof-11-san-antonio-white-basketball-jersey-jsa-coa-680.webp?v=1770144450","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/autographed-signed-artis-gilmore-hof-11-san-antonio-white-basketball-jersey-jsa-coa","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}