He was 88.
Wilkens coached the Seattle Super Sonics on two separate occasions. The second time, bringing an NBA championship to the city in 1979.
My brother, one year, went to Lenny Wilkens basketball camp, which took place at what was then, the campus of the Lutheran Bible Institute in Issaquah.
Wilkens would take other coaching jobs but remained an area resident. Even after the sad departure of our NBA franchise, Wilkens remained an important part of the area history and culture.
I met Wilkens when he stopped by The UPS Store on NE 20th in Bellevue, where I worked at the time. I believe that he was then coach of Toronto.
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He was a great man and coach and a real humanitarian.
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