{"id":274819,"date":"2025-11-10T06:08:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T06:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/274819\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T06:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T06:08:13","slug":"hall-of-famer-lenny-wilkens-godfather-of-seattle-basketball-dies-at-88-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/274819\/","title":{"rendered":"Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens, godfather of Seattle basketball, dies at 88 &#8211; NBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQT0FNQnBfbG5FRTY5cVktekdTSEhJQTZoeDJraVRqN3lGMVUwZG5hSGJQOEk4OXJpQXViN2REVFVxV2NiTkVON1BoME12VW5jWXlVR2NqNlVxRzV6QzZQQk1iYXJkSjNYa2ZMcEtvZmlzSFhLWlZETEM1QmJVcV9vVnI2U2NnbTg2c2RXRk91MXJMM3pzbFY1anNUZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens, godfather of Seattle basketball, dies at 88<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NBA<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxPMnBKbDVCLUhhZmxNbkFXb2FUU3dxMW8yeDRSN1BNVUZaUzdoRUZUVk1Nc1FvOWQ5eWwxWklBczFMZ0tPWUhwcmc2YzR5Y3JyRk9ZdEtfelJWSUpXZDBlOXVuZUxqaVYwSXlwemhROXFLRGFiSWtlazBiTklSYnhfcXdkN24tbDg3eDV2YjlnTURjdWhYTEhIX0FFVTc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Legendary NBA player, coach Wilkens dies at 88<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxNV091emplYWpOUl9ZVjJDck5YUWNDb0xDNnhBRnRKT1F4eGZSOWRmNnNSYzM3a1JtZk9aUzBOR250LThqazBpZzhWemJIMkdQOEk1QWZSWnQ4dWhKRjlGWThEUFZoOHFLYkd0RXBIdVEwUXA1bDFGM0ttRm9wMC1Sb21RRGJ3VXFwelB4cXdiOXhabDVUd2ZJTTBUQ0s5OVM4VHBqWmdn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lenny Wilkens, ex-Knicks coach and legendary NBA player, dead at 88<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;New York Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5AFBVV95cUxQRkxUbDI4cXA0ajU0bGtKak1EMWxfamJLN2V5cHFJajRXdUZ6WlVFNjlkdVpRVHhDeVBaQ1h0azFaYjUyS053NFRDY3JkeXp4b3ZmbThvVVlDNHh1REl6VjY3bDFDeTB6b2kzY2dpMEZ2cGs0c01CdzF1eWFYNzJGV0tjalRjUnhPa1RHRTY5VTJyTXFPTF9WVmNoNW9za3M5czN3M3drVkVJNHB2bjV0ZHh4TjhpN0VCUmgzY0xUNEpLYzJUSEZWV21MNWtmLVFWakdRQ0V5eWJkSHl5Q3lfeU9TaWQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cavs icon Lenny Wilkens, Hall of Fame coach, player who loved Richfield days, dies at 88<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Akron Beacon Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxOaWJkLUR0TUNlbXFxYlJEQ1EwUEF1V0RZVWZ1UkQ1OUNXNlN3ZS1rQUFWZFc2bzQwUkhyRHB5NGh3R2FDcFRGcFFvTWZyZGVlNjNwWmhQMzdENDVoYUFQTGZDZ1d5WHRLeERHdGxLcHAtY25HUGNtRllremN4QTQtWUppeHNQWWpudElsYUp5T2FFaFhWRTNCYnAyZGJGQ2RReUdkeTh5cjZwUW1zTUxkZmxzQ2xOUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lenny Wilkens might be gone, but his Seattle legacy won&#8217;t be forgotten<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Seattle Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens, godfather of Seattle basketball, dies at 88&nbsp;&nbsp;NBALegendary NBA player, coach Wilkens dies at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-274819","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}