SEATTLE — Lenny Wilkens, a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame who was enshrined as both a player and a coach, has died, his family said Sunday. He was 88.
Former Seattle SuperSonics coach and player Lenny Wilkens acknowledges the crowd during the second half of a preseason NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Utah Jazz, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Seattle. The Clippers won 103-98. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Seattle Supersonics Coach Lenny Wilkens holds up the NBA World Championship trophy before some of the thousands of fans that lined in Seattle streets on Monday, June 4, 1979 in celebration of the Sonics victory over the Washington Bullets. Seattle welcomed their heros with a noon-time parade. (AP Photo)
Seattle Supersonics? Lenny Wilkens drives between Boston Celtics? Don Chaney (12), and Jo Jo White, as he takes a pass from a teammate, in their National Basketball Association game in afternoon on Sunday, Feb. 7, 1972 at Boston Garden in Boston. Boston won 128-123. (AP Photo)
Former Seattle SuperSonics coach and player Lenny Wilkens acknowledges the crowd during the second half of a preseason NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Utah Jazz, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Seattle. The Clippers won 103-98. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Seattle Supersonics Coach Lenny Wilkens holds up the NBA World Championship trophy before some of the thousands of fans that lined in Seattle streets on Monday, June 4, 1979 in celebration of the Sonics victory over the Washington Bullets. Seattle welcomed their heros with a noon-time parade. (AP Photo)
Seattle Supersonics? Lenny Wilkens drives between Boston Celtics? Don Chaney (12), and Jo Jo White, as he takes a pass from a teammate, in their National Basketball Association game in afternoon on Sunday, Feb. 7, 1972 at Boston Garden in Boston. Boston won 128-123. (AP Photo)
