by the University of North Carolina on a banner displaying UNC alumni who had been elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. McAdoo is a member of the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame. In 2021, McAdoo was elected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Buffalo | 80 || – || 32.0 || .452 || – || .774 || 9.1 || 1.7 || – || – || 18.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Buffalo | 74 || – || 43.0 ||style="background:#cfecec;"| .547* || – || .793 || 15.1 || 2.3 || 1.2 || 3.3 ||style="background:#cfecec;"| 30.6* |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Buffalo | 82 || – || style="background:#cfecec;"|43.2* || .512 || – || .805 || 14.1 || 2.2 || 1.1 || 2.1 ||style="background:#cfecec;"| 34.5* |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Buffalo | 78 || – ||style="background:#cfecec;"| 42.7* || .487 || – || .762 || 12.4 || 4.0 || 1.2 || 2.1 || style="background:#cfecec;"|31.1* |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Buffalo | 20 || – || 38.4 || .455 || – || .696 || 13.2 || 3.3 || 0.8 || 1.7 || 23.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|New York | 52 || – || 39.1 || .534 || – || .757 || 12.7 || 2.7 || 1.2 || 1.3 || 26.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|New York | 79 || – || 40.3 || .520 || – || .727 || 12.8 || 3.8 || 1.3 || 1.6 || 26.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|New York | 40 || – || 39.9 || .541 || – || .651 || 9.5 || 3.2 || 1.6 || 1.2 || 26.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Boston | 20 || – || 31.9 || .500 || – || .670 || 7.1 || 2.0 || 0.6 || 1.0 || 20.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Detroit | 58 || – || 36.2 || .480 || .125 || .730 || 8.1 || 3.4 || 1.3 || 1.1 || 21.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Detroit | 6 || – || 28.0 || .366 || – || .600 || 6.8 || 3.3 || 1.3 || 1.2 || 12.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 10 || – || 15.3 || .507 || .000 || .810 || 2.6 || 1.0 || 0.9 || 0.6 || 9.3 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| † | style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers | 41 || 0 || 18.2 || .458 || .000 || .714 || 3.9