SEATTLE - The sports world is mourning the loss of Lenny Wilkens, the legendary star player and coach of the Seattle SuperSonics, and a three-time Basketball Hall of Famer. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver confirmed the legend's passing on Sunday afternoon at the age of 88.

Former Seattle SuperSonics player and coach Lenny Wilkens introduces NBA All-Star and former SuperSonic Jack Sikma during King County Council meeting, Wednesday, recognizing Sikma's recent entry to the NBA Hall of Fame, May 29, 2019. This week is the Expand

Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, Wilkens was a high school basketball star and a two-time All-American at Providence College, earning induction into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

After being drafted sixth overall by the St. Louis Hawks in 1960, he

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