was retired by the Denver Nuggets. Issel was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 1987. In 1993, Issel was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Issel was inducted into the University of Kentucky Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005. In 2006, Issel was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame. Issel was inducted into the Batavia High School Hall of Honor in 2015. In 2018, Issel was inducted into the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame. In April 2021, Issel joined local radio station ESPN Louisville to host Sports Talk with Dan Issel And Mike Pratt, airing weekdays from 10 to noon. ABA/NBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Kentucky(ABA) | 83 || – || 39.4 || .485 || .000 || .807 || 13.2 || 2.0 || – || – ||style="background:#cfecec;"| 29.9* |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Kentucky(ABA) | 83 || – || 43.0 || .486 || .273 || .785 || 11.2 || 2.3 || – || – || 30.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Kentucky(ABA) |style="background:#cfecec;"| 84* || – || 42.0 || .513 || .200 || .764 || 11.0 || 2.6 || – || – || 27.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Kentucky(ABA) | 83 || – || 40.3 || .480 || .176 || .787 || 10.2 || 1.7 || .8 || .4 || 25.5 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;"|† | style="text-align:left;"|Kentucky(ABA) | 83 || – || 34.5 || .471 || .000 || .738 || 8.6 || 2.3 || .9 || .6 || 17.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Denver(ABA) | 84 || – || 34.0 || .511 || .250 || .816 || 11.0 || 2.4 || 1.2 || .7 || 23.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Denver | 79 || – || 31.7 || .515 || – || .797 || 8.8 || 2.2 || 1.2 || .4 || 22.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Denver | 82 || – || 34.8 || .512 || – || .782 || 10.1 || 3.7 || 1.2 || .5 || 21.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Denver | 81 || – || 33.9 || .517 || – || .754 || 9.1 || 3.1 || .8 || .6 || 17.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Denver | 82 || – || 35.8 || .505 || .333 || .775 || 8.8 || 2.4 || 1.1 || .7 || 23.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Denver | 80 || – || 33.0 || .503 || .167 || .759