Awards
Colangelo has been named the NBA's Executive of the Year four times (1976, 1981, 1989, 1993).
He has received several community awards. He is an honorary member of the Marchegiana Society of his hometown, Chicago Heights, Illinois. A street in that city bears his name.
On May 9, 2002, Colangelo was awarded an honorary degree from Arizona State University.
On April 4, 2004, Colangelo was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
On November 4, 2007, Colangelo was inducted into the Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor at the halftime of a Suns game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
He is the National Leadership Director of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame and is also a Hall of Fame inductee. It is located in the Colangelo Building on Taylor Street in Little Italy, Chicago.
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