Inducted
into the Naismith Memorial
Basketball Hall of Fame - 2011
• Named to Sporting News’ Top 50 of the first 50 Years of
the NBA • Named to
Athlon’s Top 50 of the first 50 Years of the NBA • ABA Championship,
Kentucky
Colonels, 1975 • Career .599 field-goal percentage - highest in NBA
history • 3rd
highest shot blocker in pro basketball history (3,178) • 4th highest
rebounder in
pro basketball history (16,330) • 14th of all time pro basketball
scorers (24,941)
• Leading left-handed scorer in professional basketball history
• One of only eight players in college history to average 20 points and
20
rebounds per game over a career • All Star in 11 of 17 years as a pro •
5th best
all-time for pro minutes played (43,836) • Played 670 consecutive games
• ABA
Most Valuable Player and Rookie, 1971-72 • ABA single-season record for
the
most blocked shots (422) • All-time ABA rebounds per game (40) • Won 4
out of
5 ABA rebounding titles • Led Jacksonville University to the NCAA
championship final game vs UCLA in 1970 • Top of ESPN’s list of
“Players Missing From The Hall Of Fame”