Legendary NBA Player, Coach Lenny Wilkens Dies At 88
Lenny Wilkens, a smooth playmaker who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach, died Sunday. He was 88.
In a 15-year playing career, Wilkens was an All-Star nine times and twice led the league in assists. Gifted with extraordinary court sense, Wilkens was a player-coach for four seasons, three with the Seattle SuperSonics and one with the Portland Trail Blazers, before moving fulltime into coaching. He led the Sonics to the 1979 NBA title and was Coach of the Year in 1994.
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