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FILE - Former NBA basketball player and coach Lenny Wilkens delivers remarks during his statue unveiling event outside Climate Pledge Arena, June 28, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
FILE - Seattle Supersonics Coach Lenny Wilkens holds up the NBA World Championship trophy before some of the thousands of fans that lined in Seattle streets June 4, 1979 in celebration of the Sonics victory over the Washington Bullets. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Seattle Supersonic head coach Lenny Wilkens gestures with his arms during a basketball game against the Washington Bullets in Landover, Md., May 25, 1979. (AP Photo/Smith, File)
FILE - Former NBA basketball player and coach Lenny Wilkens smiles before his statue unveiling event outside Climate Pledge Arena, June 28, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
FILE - Former Seattle SuperSonics coach and player Lenny Wilkens acknowledges the crowd during the second half of a preseason NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Utah Jazz, Oct. 10, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens, the godfather of Seattle basketball, dies at 88

FILE - Former NBA basketball player and coach Lenny Wilkens delivers remarks during his statue unveiling event outside Climate Pledge Arena, June 28, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)