Trivia

Is the father of professional tennis player Alexandra Stevenson.

His youngest son Corey accidentally drowned in 2000.

Former professional basketball player

Is currently an executive for the NBA's Orlando Magic. (2000)

Enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993.

Played for the American Basketball Association's (ABA) Virginia Squires (1971-1972 & 1972-1973) and New York Nets (1973-1974 thru 1975-1976); and the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Philadelphia 76ers (1976-1977 thru 1986-1987).

ABA MVP (1974, 1976). ABA First Team All-Star (1973-1976). Five-time ABA All-Star (1972-1976). Holds ABA career record for highest scoring average (28.7 ppg) in a minimum of 250 games.

Jersey retired by both the Nets and the 76ers. NBA 35th Anniversary All-Time Team (1980). NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1996). Walter J. Kennedy Citizenship Award (1983). Jackie Robinson Award presented by Ebony Magazine (1983). American Express Man of the Year (1985).

NBA MVP (1981). All-NBA First Team (1978, 1980-1983). All-NBA Second Team (1977, 1984). Appeared in 11 NBA All-Star Games (1977-1987). Two-time All-Star Game MVP (1977, 1983).

Played for the University of Massachusetts (1968-1971). All-America and All-Yankee Conference (1970, 1971). Holds or shares 14 UMass records, including career (20.2 rpg) and seasonal (20.9 rpg, 1970) rebounding averages, career (38.4) and seasonal (38.8, 1970) minutes per game, career (26.3 ppg) and seasonal (26.9 ppg, 1971) scoring averages.

Inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame in 1995.

Inducted in the Enshrined in University of Massachusetts Athletics Hall of Fame in 1980.

He was the ABA MVP in the year 1975 as well as 1974 and 1976.