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3-Time Basketball Hall of Famer, Lenny Wilkens, Dies at 88

Wilkens is the only person to be named as one of the NBA’s 75 greatest players and one of the league’s 15 greatest coaches.
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3-Time Basketball Hall of Famer, Lenny Wilkens, Dies at 88
American basketball coach and former player Lenny Wilkens, the Hawks coach, during the NBA match between the Atlanta Hawks and Miami Heat, at the Miami Arena in Miami, Fla., on Jan. 21, 1997. Bongarts/Getty Images
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Lenny Wilkens, one of the greatest players and coaches in NBA history, died on Sunday. Wilkens, who was inducted into the Pro Basketball Hall of Fame three different times, was 88 years old.

League commissioner, Adam Silver, issued a statement on Wilkens’ passing highlighting his numerous contributions to the game of basketball and his impact both on and off the court.

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