"NBA 75: At No. 75, Lenny Wilkens was the embodiment of the player as coach on the floor". Evans, Jayda (December 1, 2006). "Wilkens a Sonic again – as...
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replaced by Wilkens as player/coach during the off-season. Wilkens and Rule both represented Seattle in the 1970 NBA All-Star Game, and Wilkens led the NBA...
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seven thriller. The following year, with the acquisition of rookie Lenny Wilkens, the Hawks repeated their success, but met the Celtics in the 1961 NBA...
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in 1970. Six Hall of Fame players have played for the Trail Blazers (Lenny Wilkens, Bill Walton, Clyde Drexler, Dražen Petrović, Arvydas Sabonis, and Scottie...
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Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Led by Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Lenny Wilkens, the team won gold for the second straight Olympics. Nicknamed Dream...
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Scottie Pippen, Willis Reed, Bill Russell, Russell Westbrook, and Lenny Wilkens. Nate Archibald, Anthony Davis and Kevin Durant did not attend nor appear...
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win 1,000 games, behind Lenny Wilkens and Pat Riley. Nelson won his 1,300th career game on February 21, 2009, joining Wilkens as the only coach to pass...
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and five of them—Bill Fitch, Phil Jackson, Don Nelson, Pat Riley, and Lenny Wilkens—were then active. Six have since died: Red Holzman in 1998, Red Auerbach...
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Once Stood Jan Wilkens (born 1943), South African wrestler Lenny Wilkens (born 1937), American basketball player and coach Leo Wilkens (1893–1967), Swedish...
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franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (738); Lenny Wilkens is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season game...
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trailing only Richie Guerin (327), Mike Fratello (324), and Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens (310). He was an integral mentor to Hawk all-stars such as Kenny Anderson...
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championship in the 1979 NBA Finals while coached by Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens. Wilkens is the only member of the franchise to have been inducted into the...
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of the Year with three franchises. Tom Heinsohn, Bill Sharman, and Lenny Wilkens are the only recipients to have been inducted to the Naismith Memorial...
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2022. "NBA 75: Top 75 NBA players of all time, from MJ and LeBron to Lenny Wilkens". The Athletic. February 23, 2022. Archived from the original on April...
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Brad Daugherty, Mark Price, Ron Harper and Larry Nance, and head coach Lenny Wilkens. They had their second 57-win season in 1991–92 and reached the Eastern...
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(4) (1, 0–1) Lenny Wilkens 3–4 Washington Bullets (3) (3, 1–2) Dick Motta Wes Unseld 1979 Seattle SuperSonics (1) (2, 1–1) Lenny Wilkens 4–1 Washington...
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championship with the Trail Blazers, in the 1977 NBA Finals. Ramsay and Lenny Wilkens are the only Trail Blazers coaches to be elected into the Basketball...
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Jack Sikma, and Lenny Wilkens, who were part of the 1979 Championship team, with the former as player and the latter as coach. Wilkens was also inducted...
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season, only center to win the assists title. In the 1971–72 season, Lenny Wilkens had the highest assist total (766) but was second in assist average...
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with the third-most wins in the Sonics/Thunder history, behind only Lenny Wilkens and George Karl. It was reported by Adrian Wojnarowski in May that Brooks...
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Atlanta Hawks (1991–1992) New Jersey Nets (1993) 7,392 1,101 6.7 17 Lenny Wilkens* PG St. Louis Hawks (1960–1968) Seattle SuperSonics (1968–1972) Cleveland...
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contract with the Raptors. On November 25, 2007 Mitchell surpassed Lenny Wilkens for the most wins in team history. Mitchell was the longest reigning...
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to their winning and how they do business." While Sonics president Lenny Wilkens interviewed others, Bennett, who had been a partner in the Spurs organization...
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1986 as a coach. Besides Holzman, Rick Pitino, Don Nelson, Pat Riley, Lenny Wilkens, and Larry Brown have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame...
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Kerr, Dick Motta, Nurse, Popovich, Riley, Rivers, Bill Sharman, and Lenny Wilkens) have won the Coach of the Year Award. 14 (Auerbach, Brown, Chuck Daly...
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appeared in his eighth NBA All-Star Game. Hawks management and new coach Lenny Wilkens claimed Manning and his skills would help the team more during the stretch...
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team after 12 seasons to become head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics. Lenny Wilkens, who had been elevated from coach to GM in 1985, hired Bickerstaff for...
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Pat Riley, Lenny Wilkens and Jack Ramsay. Six of these winners were named Top 15 Coaches in NBA History in 2022: Pat Riley, Lenny Wilkens, Jack Ramsay...
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contend for a championship. The Hawks hired Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens as their new head coach. Wilkens was a star guard for the franchise when it was based...
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Hall of Famer Red Auerbach coached the Blackhawks for one season. Lenny Wilkens was the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks from 1993 to 2000. Mike Fratello...
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