•All-Rookie Team (1971)
•All-NBA Second Team (1973, '78)
•All-NBA First Team (1976, '77)
•Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (1987)
•Five-time NBA All-Star
•One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996).
•LSWA Top 25 Louisiana Athletes of the Century (1999)
•First-Team LABC All Louisiana Team of the Century (1999)
•Sports Magazine's Top 10 Men's College Players of the Century (1999)
•Honored as a "Legend" at the SEC Basketball Tournament (2003)