Following his outstanding playing career, Wilkens remained with the Trail Blazers as a full-time coach before returning to ...
Wilkens played at Providence in the late 1950s and went on to be a nine-time All-Star NBA guard, and longtime coach.
Lenny Wilkens, a smooth playmaker who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach, has died.
Lenny Wilkens coached the SuperSonics to an NBA title in 1979, and he retired as the winningest coach in league history.