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 ...

LENNY WILKENS: A nine-time All-Star as a player, he also was first to reach 1,000 wins as an NBA coach, and second person inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player and coach. PHOTO COURTESY ...

In a year marked by profound loss, 2025 saw the passing of luminaries and local heroes whose contributions continue to resonate across sports, civil rights, education, and culture. From NBA and NFL ...

SEATTLE — A lifetime of service lives on for basketball legend Lenny Wilkens, whose foundation made another significant contribution to support the critical work of the Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic ...

The late Lenny Wilkens coached a record 2,487 regular season NBA games. And on 1,332 of those occasions, as the coach of the Seattle SuperSonics, Portland Trail Blazers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Terry Anne Scott is the Director of the Institute for Common Power, a nonprofit voting and social justice organization. She is writing an authorized biography on Lenny Wilkens, who ...

'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,' acknowledged NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.

When NBA legend Lenny Wilkens died Sunday at age 88, the loss hit Spurs coach Mitch Johnson close. Wilkens was an All-Star point guard and coach of the Seattle SuperSonics in the late 1960s and early ...

In today’s 10 AM “Ten Hochman” video, Ben Hochman pays homage to Lenny Wilkens, the St. Louis Hawks star who passed away. Plus, a happy birthday shoutout to Jack Clark! And as always, Hochman picks a ...

NBA legend and three-time Hall of Fame inductee Lenny Wilkens died at the age of 88. Former Phoenix Suns owner Jerry Colangelo remembered Wilkens as a gentleman and a respected competitor. Whenever ...

Lenny Wilkens is one of five people to be inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame as a player and a coach. PHOTO: TECH. SGT. SAMUEL MORSE Lenny Wilkens, 88, and Paul Tagliabue, 84, two men of high ...

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. The family said Wilkens was ...