The NBA has lost one of its great superstars-turned-coaches.

Per Tim Booth of The Seattle Times, longtime NBA point guard and head coach Lenny Wilkens has passed away at age 88.

Wilkens numbers among just five people in league history to have been inducted into the Hall of Fame as both a player (in 1989) and a head coach (in 1998). A member of the league's 75th Anniversary Team as a player in 2022, Wilkens also spent 32 seasons as an NBA head coach.

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Born in Brooklyn on Oct. 28, 1937, Wilkens was a prep school star en route to becoming a two-time All-American at Providence. He was selected with the sixth overall pick by the then-St. Louis Hawks in the 1960 NBA Draft. That year's decorated class included five eventual All-Stars and three future Hall of Famers

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