SEATTLE (WKBN) - Former Cleveland Cavaliers player and head coach Lenny Wilkens has died at the age of 88.

He coached 2,487 NBA games, a record that still stands.

Wilkens was the first person to reach 1,000 wins as an NBA coach and was the second person inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player and coach.

He spent seven seasons as the head coach of the Cavaliers from 1986-93. He led Cleveland to a record of 316-258.

Prior to his time with Cleveland, he led the Seattle Supersonics to an NBA Title in 1979.

Wilkens later served as head coach in Atlanta, Toronto, and New York.

For his career, he owns a head coaching record of 1,332-1,155.

"Lenny Wilkens represented the very best of the NBA -- as a Hall of Fame player, Hall of Fame coach, and one of the game's most respected

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