the ABA's All-Time Team. Due to knee problems, Hawkins played in the NBA for only seven seasons. He was an All-Star from 1970 to 1973 and was named to the All-NBA First Team in the 1969–70 season. His No. 42 jersey was retired by the Suns. Despite being unable to play in the NBA when he was in his prime, Hawkins' performances throughout the ABL, ABA and NBA helped get him inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. Career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left; | 1961-62 | style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh (ABL) | 78 || – ||42.9 || .509 || .167 || .790 || 13.3 || 2.3 || – || – || bgcolor="CFECEC"|27.5* |- | style="text-align:left; | 1962-63 | style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh (ABL) | 16 || – ||41.8 || .491 || – || .770 || 12.8 || 2.6 || – || – || 27.9 |- | style="text-align:left;left;background:#afe6fa;" | † | style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh (ABA) | 70 || – || bgcolor="CFECEC"|44.9* || .519 || .222 || .764 || 13.5 || 4.6 || – || – || bgcolor="CFECEC"|26.8* |- | style="text-align:left" | | style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota (ABA) | 47 || – || 39.4 ||.511 || .136 || .767 || 11.4 || 3.9 || – || – || 30.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 81 || – || 40.9 || .490 || – || .779 || 10.4 || 4.8 || – || – || 24.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 71 || – || 37.5 || .434 || – || .816 || 9.1 || 4.5 || – || – || 20.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 76 || – || 36.8 || .459 || – || .807 || 8.3 || 3.9 || – || – || 21.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 75 || – || 36.9 || .479 || – || .797 || 8.5 || 4.1 || – || – || 16.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 8 || – || 27.9 || .486 || – || .667 || 7.2 || 5.2 || 1.4 || 1.0 || 11.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Lakers | 71 || – || 35.7 || .502 || – || .772 || 7.4 || 5.3 || 1.5 || 1.4 || 12.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Lakers | 43 || – || 23.9 || .429 || – || .687 || 4.6 || 2.8 || 1.2