There has never been a better basketball player-and-coach combination in the NBA than Lenny Wilkens. Period. No one even close. The Hall of Famer was a nine-time All-Star, scored 17,772 points and ...

Lenny Wilkens: The Player's Coach. Fans of the late 1960s and mid-1970s remember Lenny Wilkens as a tenacious, hot-shooting guard but the quietly determined player still earned a scholarship to ...

Lenny Wilkens isn't just one of the NBA's best coaches. He may be its best coach ever. NBA: ... In fact, entering his 30th season of NBA coaching, the only top-50 player Wilkens has coached ...

Former Seattle SuperSonics player, coach and executive Lenny Wilkens honored June 28, 2025, with a new statue outside Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. Wilkens, 87, coached the Sonics to their only ...

It was one of the last rages anyone can remember from Lenny Wilkens. Wilkens was a rookie for the then St. Louis Hawks, not playing much and always getting harassed by coach Paul Seymour. Every tim… ...

Lenny Wilkens shares a story about a Dream Team practice, where Magic Johnson wanted more intensity. Michael Jordan didn't take the prodding too well.

Lenny Wilkens couldn’t wipe the smile off his face as he gazed at a bronze statue of himself at the site of his greatest coaching triumph. On Saturday, the former Seattle SuperSonics player and coach ...

Lenny Wilkens was honored with a statue outside Climate Pledge Arena, which stands in the same site as the Seattle Center Coliseum that Wilkens called home as a player. AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson ...

Former Seattle SuperSonics player and coach Lenny Wilkens said he was sickened by the racist comments allegedly made by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. “In this day and age, in our ...

There has never been a better basketball player-and-coach combination in the NBA than Lenny Wilkens. Period. No one even close. The Hall of Famer was a nine-time All-Star, scored 17,772 points and ...

Fans of the late 1960s and mid-1970s remember Lenny Wilkens as a tenacious, hot-shooting guard but the quietly determined player still earned a scholarship to Providence College. Wilkens had the ...

Lenny Wilkens, the legendary former SuperSonics player, coach and executive, was honored as the first person to have a statue unveiled outside Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.