US EditionNBA Legend Lenny Wilkens, Former Player and Coach for the Trail Blazers, Dies at 88
- On Sunday, Lenny Wilkens died at his home in Seattle at age 88, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver confirmed.
- Wilkens built a Hall of Fame résumé as a nine-time All-Star and the first coach to reach 1,000 wins, retiring with a 1,332-1,155 record over 32 regular seasons and leading Seattle SuperSonics to their only NBA championship.
- He coached a record 2,487 games, earned three Hall of Fame inductions, and led U.S. Olympic teams to gold at the Atlanta Games.
- Wilkens is survived by his wife Marilyn, children Leesha, Randy and Jamee, and seven grandchildren, but the Wilkens family has not released a cause of death.
- He remained an ambassador in Seattle for more than 50 years, with Seattle honoring him by renaming a street Lenny Wilkens Way and unveiling a statue outside Climate Pledge Arena last year.
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Lenny Wilkens dies at 88; basketball legend coached the most games in NBA history
He was a nine-time All-Star as a player, was the first person to reach 1,000 wins as an NBA coach and was the second person inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player and coach.
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Larry Brown SportsBasketball legend Lenny Wilkens dies at 88
Legendary National Basketball Association player and coach Lenny Wilkens died on Sunday. He was 88. Wilkens was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a great player and a great coach. He is one of only five men to be inducted into the Hall of Fame as a player and as a coach. After a brilliant 15-year career as a player, Wilkens joined the coaching ranks and finished his career as one of the best in the history of the game. As a c…
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PC legend and NBA hall of famer Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Providence College is mourning the loss of a Friars hoops legend. 1950s PC basketball star Lenny Wilkens passed away Sunday night at the age of 88. He was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach, only the second person to receive the dual honor. He coached the Seattle SuperSonics, Portland Trail Blazers and Cleveland Cavaliers among others. The 1992 Olympic Dream Team staffed Wilkens as an as…
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