PC legend and NBA hall of famer Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Providence College is mourning the loss of a Friars hoops legend.
1950s PC basketball star Lenny Wilkens passed away Sunday night at the age of 88.
He was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach, only the second person to receive the dual honor.
He coached the Seattle SuperSonics, Portland Trail Blazers and Cleveland Cavaliers among others.
The 1992 Olympic Dream Team staffed Wilkens as an assistant coach for the stacked roster of Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson and multiple other elite NBA stars.
Wilkens, a point guard, was a nine-time NBA All-Star and a two-time All-American in his time in college.
He was the third winningest coach in NBA history before being passed by Don Nelson and Gregg Popovich.
