Legendary NBA player, coach Wilkens dies
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Lenny Wilkens, a Hall of Fame player and coach, was named one of the NBA's 75 greatest players and 15 greatest coaches of all time.
He coached 2,487 games in the NBA, which is still a record. He became a Hall of Famer as a player, as a coach and again as part of the 1992 U.S. Olympic team — on which he was an assistant. Wilkens coached the Americans to gold at the Atlanta Games as well in 1996.