A perennial all star, he was cited as one of the league’s 50 greatest players and one of its top 10 coaches, winning 1,332 games and leading seattle to a championship. “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.
Wilkens was honored as both a player and a coach. He was inducted into the naismith basketball hall of fame as a player, a coach and an olympian. Former cavaliers coach lenny wilkens died sunday
