He was inducted into the naismith basketball hall of fame as a player, a coach and an olympian. Hall of famer lenny wilkens, who led the sonics to their only nba title and was an ambassador of seattle basketball for more than 50 years, has died at 88. 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, one of basketball’s most revered figures, whose impact on the game spanned more than five decades as both a player and a coach, and who did count “lenny wilkens represented the very best of the nba—as a hall of fame player, hall of fame coach, and one of the game’s most respected ambassadors,” nba commissioner adam silver said in a. The nba community is mourning the death of lenny wilkens, a legendary figure in basketball
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