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Lenny Wilkens

American basketball player and coach (1937–2025)

  • Fame58.0
  • Momentum4.5
  • Basketball Players rank#236
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  • Fame58.0
  • Momentum4.5
  • Basketball Players rank#236
  • Wikipedia20.9K
Lived 1937–2025, aged 88United States
United States flagUnited StatesBasketball PlayersBasketball Player
  • Wikipedia
    38 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1937–2025
    Aged 88
  • Awards
    3
    recognised works
Summary
Updated 2026-06-19

Leonard Randolph Wilkens was an American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). 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. In 1996, Wilkens was named to the NBA 50th Anniversary Team, and in 2021 he was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. In addition, in 2022 he was also named to the list of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History, being the only person to be in both NBA 75th anniversary lists as a player and as a coach. He is also a 2006 inductee into the College Basketball Hall of Fame.

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Profile type
Basketball Player
Category
Basketball Players
Country
United States
Category rank
#236
Last updated
2026-06-19
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  • Portland Trail Blazers
    1974–1975
  • Cleveland Cavaliers
    1972–1974
  • Seattle SuperSonics
    1968–1972
  • Atlanta Hawks
    1960–1968
  • Providence Friars men's basketball
    1957–1960
19571975
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    Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award
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    NBA Coach of the Year Award
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    NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award
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    website · pl.wikiquote.org
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  • ليني ويلكنز
    wikipedia · ar.wikipedia.org
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  • لينى ويلكنز
    wikipedia · arz.wikipedia.org
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United States
Category
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Profile type
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Status
deceased
Born
October 28, 1937
Died
November 9, 2025
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Last updated
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