Lenny Wilkens Basketball Cards

About Lenny Wilkens, Hall of Famer

Lenny Wilkens was a Brooklyn-born basketball player and coach who became one of the sport's most accomplished figures. As a player, he spent 15 seasons with the St. Louis Hawks, Seattle SuperSonics, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Portland Trail Blazers, earning nine All-Star selections and scoring 17,772 regular-season points. He led the league in assists during the 1969-70 season. His coaching career spanned multiple decades and teams, including a 1979 NBA championship with the Seattle SuperSonics. Wilkens retired with 1,332 wins and coached in more games than any other coach in NBA history. He received Hall of Fame induction three times: as a player in 1989, as a coach in 1998, and in 2010 as an assistant on the 1992 Olympic Dream Team, which captured gold.

Did you know? Wilkens is the only person to appear on both the NBA's 75th Anniversary lists as both a player and as a coach.

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