Lenny wilkens speaks at an event unveiling a statue in his honor outside climate pledge arena in seattle in june Lenny wilkens, one of basketball’s most revered figures, whose impact on the game spanned more than five decades as both a player and a coach, and who did count Lenny wilkens, the former st Louis hawks and seattle supersonics star who is the only person named to both the nba 75th anniversary team and the nba's 15 greatest coaches list, died on sunday Former cavaliers coach lenny wilkens died sunday He was inducted into the naismith basketball hall of fame as a player, a coach and an olympian.
“lenny wilkens represented the very best of the nba—as a hall of fame player, hall of fame coach, and one of the game’s most respected ambassadors,” nba commissioner adam silver said in a.
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