After a Hall of Fame career as one of the great playmakers in basketball history, Lenny Wilkens turned to coaching and led his teams to more wins than any other coach in NBA history when retired (although Don Nelson surpassed Wilkins in 2010). As a player, Wilkens was diminutive in stature, but his list of accomplishments…
As a native of St. Louis, I’ve noticed that one sport hole the cities of St. Louis, Kansas City and the state of Missouri haven’t filled is the NBA. It’s been since 1999 that Bill Laurie tried—unsuccessfully—to relocate the now Memphis Grizzlies to the Show-Me State. A state rich in basketball history due…
On a recent edition of three-time Emmy-award winning sports TV talk show “Pardon The Interruption,” cohost Michael Wilbon heaped lavish praise on NBA legend and Seattle icon Lenny Wilkens in celebration of his 85th birthday. Wilbon noted that he’s a “basketball Hall of Famer three times…
It is said, proverbially, that the jockey never finishes ahead of the horse. Make an exception of Lenny Wilkens. Though his Seattle Sonics ran short of the NBA playoffs last spring, and though they will be hard put to arrive there this time around, Wilkens, in less than two seasons, has established himself as a class coach…