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He has been inducted three times into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, first in 1989 as a player, as a coach in 1998, and in 2010 as part of the 1992 United States Olympic "Dream Team" for which he was an assistant coach.
Sep 13, 2021 · A Hall of Famer as both an NBA player and an NBA coach, Lenny Wilkens was a 9-time All-Star and 1 of the best guards of the 1960s.
Lenny Wilkens holds the rare distinction of having coached all the teams that he performed with in his 15 seasons as an NBA player – the Seattle Supersonics, Portland Trailblazers, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Atlanta Hawks.
Lenny Wilkens is an American professional basketball player and coach who is considered one of the game’s most accomplished playmaking guards and who won 1,332 games, the second most in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA), behind only Don Nelson.
Aug 7, 2023 · Wilkens, the first NBA coach to record 1,000 victories, has been inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame three times – as a player, head coach, and assistant coach of the 1992 U.S. Olympic "Dream Team." Born in Brooklyn.
Oscar Robertson introduces Lenny WIlkens as he delivers his speech upon being enshrined to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player part of the class of 1989.
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Apr 11, 2022 · A Hall of Fame player, Lenny Wilkens later became one of the NBA's all-time winningest coaches and lead Seattle to an NBA title in 1978.
