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Leonard Randolph Wilkens was an American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association. He has been inducted three times into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of
Wilkens with the Seattle SuperSonics in 1968
Basketball commemorating Wilkens's 500th career coaching victory
Wilkens in 2013
Seattle SuperSonics
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The Seattle SuperSonics were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The SuperSonics competed in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Western Division, and later a
Lenny Wilkens
…as a player (nine times) and as a head coach (four times), was the 1994 NBA Coach of the Year, won the 1979 NBA championship as the head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics, and was the head coach of the Olympic gold medal–winning 1996 U.S. men's basketball team. During the 1994–95 season, Wilkens set the record for most…
Tom Meschery, Bob Rule (SuperSonics) and Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia 76ers) in 1967
Lenny Wilkens in 1968
In 1980, the Seattle SuperSonics' total attendance exceeded that of all other sports or shows held in the Kingdome.
George Karl served as Seattle's head coach from 1992 to 1998.