Following his outstanding playing career, Wilkens remained with the Trail Blazers as a full-time coach before returning to ...

Lenny Wilkens coached the SuperSonics to an NBA title in 1979, and he retired as the winningest coach in league history.

“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 ambassadors,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in the league’s ...

In February 1997, Wilt Chamberlain, then 60 years old, was one of the legendary figures honored during NBA All-Star Weekend in Cleveland, celebrating the league’s 50 greatest players. Reflecting back ...

On a spring day in 1979, a conference call was held by then-NBA commissioner Larry O'Brien with the Chicago Bulls and Los ...

Wilkens joined the Trail Blazers in 1974 as a player-coach and later led the SuperSonics to their only championship in 1979. He died Sunday at 88.

Paxson was selected 12th overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers and enjoyed an 11-year NBA career, earning two NBA All-Star selections and a Second Team All-NBA selection in 1984.

The Sonics and legendary Head Coach Lenny Wilkens win their first NBA title, led by their stars Gus Williams (23 points) and Dennis Johnson (21 points).