Lenny Wilkens, a member of the NBA Hall of Fame as both a player and coach, died this Sunday at age 88, the American Basketball League said. Wilkens was one of the most dominant players in the 1960s, was an eight-time All-Star and was an NBA champion as coach of the Seattle SuperSonics in 1979.
He holds the record for most coaching games in the NBA (2,487), won Olympic gold as coach of the American team at the 1996 Olympics and also served as an assistant for the North American team at the Barcelona 92 Olympics.
“Lenny Wilkens represented the best of the NBA, as a player, as a coach and as one of the sport’s most respected ambassadors,” said NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.
