"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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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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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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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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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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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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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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