FILE – Retired NBA player Jamal Crawford, left, and former player Lenny Wilkens smile as they sit court side during a preseason basketball game between the LA Clippers and the Portland Trail Blazers, Oct. 3, 2022, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer, File)

Lenny Wilkens, a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame who was enshrined as both a player and a coach, has died, his family said Sunday. He was 88.

The family said Wilkens was surrounded by loved ones when he died and did not immediately release a cause of death.

Wilkens was one of the finest point guards of his era who later brought his calm and savvy style to the sideline, first as a player-coach and then evolving into one of the game’s great coaches.

He coached 2,487 games in the NBA, which is still a record. He b

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