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Ask Joakim Noah what making his first All-Star team would mean to him, and his answer reveals why he has a solid chance to become the first Bulls center to do so since Artis Gilmore. "When you start thinking about individual accolades and stuff like that, you take away from what's important," Noah said. "And that's the game and playing the right way and playing for your teammates. "In the NBA especially, you can get caught up in that stuff very easily — your contract, your playing time, individual things. The great teams, the teams that are about championships, they don't play that way." Chicago Tribune

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Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown brought on one of his most costly new hires Monday, appointing Jacksonville University's athletic director as the city's director of sports and entertainment. Monday's announcements also included the hiring of NBA Hall of Famer Artis Gilmore and the promotion of Tonisha Landry- Gaines. JU’s Alan Verlander, making $179,416 a year, will be the fourth-highest-paid city employee, making more than Brown. Florida Times-Union

Hall of Fame, Artis Gilmore 

Brown hired Gilmore as his ambassador for sports, entertainment and physical fitness. Earning $60,000 a year, Gilmore will work to attract more sporting events to the city and serve as a public health advocate. Florida Times-Union

Hall of Fame, Artis Gilmore 

It was way too long a wait. But Gilmore doesn’t care. “I have a 14-year-old son,” Gilmore said. “I wanted him to experience it. On the other hand, of course, my mother was a double amputee and we said goodbye to her in 2004. My mother, she was a significant part of my life and absolutely, I would have liked her to be here. But it’s a great moment, for me and my family.” Sporting News

Hall of Fame, Artis Gilmore 

Scott Howard-Cooper: Artis Gilmore welled up just talking about the expected emotions Fri night. Said he's going to work hard not to break down at the ceremony. Twitter

Hall of Fame, Artis Gilmore 

Now, 18 years after becoming eligible, Gilmore will join his basketball brethren in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, with no hard feelings. “Well, it’s here,” Gilmore said of his election to the Hall. “There’s a number of people to thank, but (Jerry Colangelo) was the out-front person, the point person.” Booth Newspapers

Hall of Fame, Artis Gilmore 

Although Gilmore spent only five of 17-season professional career with the Silver and Black, his career in the ABA leaves him among those players who Spurs Nation watched from the very beginning of the team’s history in 1973. And his induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame will be just as poignant as any other former Spurs player when he joins the group later this summer season after a 23-season gap since his retirement. Gilmore had some interesting comments in an expansive interview over the weekend with Florida Today. San Antonio Express-News

San Antonio Spurs, Hall of Fame, Artis Gilmore 

Some of Gilmore’s drive to succeed came from overcoming obstacles came during his youth. Gilmore tells the story about picking vegetables and fruits as a teenager because his family couldn’t afford his size-13 shoes. “We had a high number of kids, almost 10 kids, one did not survive, and my father had no way of providing for his family,” Gilmore said about his youth that was spent in a three-room house in Chipley, Fla. “I worked in the fields, just trying to generate enough money to survive, or to buy school clothing. You’d work daily all day long just to make two dollars. You’d start at three o’clock in the morning and work to sundown and if you’re lucky — if you’re lucky — you could make 2 to 3 dollars.” San Antonio Express-News

San Antonio Spurs, Hall of Fame, Artis Gilmore 

Former Chicago Bulls center Artis Gilmore, recently selected to the 2011 class of the Pro Basketball Hall of Fame, says he plans to invite President Barack Obama to present him for induction in August. General protocol for the Basketball Hall of Fame involves having an incumbent Hall of Famer present the new inductee."I haven't selected anybody as of yet,"Gilmore told the Tribune Friday from his home in Jacksonville, Fla. "I am just taking a little bit of time and it certainly has to be a Hall of Famer... but I thought I would extend an invitation to President Obama." Chicago Tribune

Artis Gilmore 

Coaches Tex Winter, innovator of the "Triangle" offense, Stanford's Tara VanDerveer and Philadelphia University's Herb Magee are part of the class announced Monday at the Final Four in Houston. Longtime NBA and ABA star Artis Gilmore, former Portland TrailBlazers center Arvydas Sabonis and Olympic gold medalist Teresa Edwards also will be inducted. They are joined by Harlem Globetrotter Reece "Goose" Tatum and Boston Celtic Tom "Satch" Sanders. ESPN.com

Hall of Fame, Arvydas Sabonis, Tex Winter, Artis Gilmore 

Scott Howard-Cooper: Gilmore owes thanks to J Colangelo. Artis ineligible for primary ballot on technicality, but got in via new ABA committee Colangelo formed. Twitter

Hall of Fame, Artis Gilmore 

Fran Blinebury: Artis Gilmore: "what an overwhelming feeling." Twitter

Hall of Fame, Artis Gilmore