The sports world is mourning the loss of Lenny Wilkens, the legendary star player and coach of the Seattle SuperSonics, and a three-time Basketball Hall of Famer.

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.

For more than 50 years, Wilkens was an ambassador for basketball in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. KING 5’s Chris Egan said he remembers the impact Wilkens had on young play

Former Cavaliers coach Lenny Wilkens died Sunday. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a player, a coach and an Olympian.

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.

Seattle icon and Basketball Hall of Famer, Lenny Wilkens, has died at age 88. Sources close to Wilkens confirmed the news to the Seattle Times on Sunday. Wilkens led the Seattle SuperSonics to their 1978-79 NBA championship title.

Lenny Wilkens, a Hall of Fame player and coach, was named one of the NBA's 75 greatest players and 15 greatest coaches of all time.