{"id":282387,"date":"2025-11-10T02:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T02:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/282387\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T02:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T02:06:07","slug":"portland-trail-blazers-mourn-the-passing-of-lenny-wilkens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/282387\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland Trail Blazers mourn the passing of Lenny Wilkens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 The Portland Trail Blazers have expressed condolences after the passing of Lenny Wilkens, a Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer and former player and coach for the team. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All of Rip City is deeply saddened to hear of Lenny Wilkens passing,&#8221; the team stated. &#8220;Lenny was an incredible person on and off the court, and his impact on the game of basketball will be felt for generations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wilkens, a Brooklyn native, joined the Trail Blazers in 1974 as a player-coach, contributing significantly to the team&#8217;s early development. <\/p>\n<p>He was also a <a href=\"https:\/\/katu.com\/news\/local\/seattle-icon-lenny-wilkens-hall-of-fame-basketball-player-and-coach-dies-at-88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seattle legend, honored with a statue<\/a> outside the Climate Pledge arena this past June.<\/p>\n<p>He averaged 6.5 points, 3.6 assists, 1.8 rebounds, and 1.2 steals per game over 65 appearances and compiled a 75-89 record over two seasons as head coach. <\/p>\n<p>His illustrious career included being a Hall of Fame player and coach, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, a 1979 NBA Champion, a nine-time NBA All-Star, the 1994 NBA Coach of the Year, and a member of the NBA 50th and 75th Anniversary teams.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond his on-court achievements, Wilkens was celebrated for his leadership, generosity, and love for the game, impacting countless lives. <\/p>\n<p>The Trail Blazers join the basketball community in mourning the loss of a legend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 The Portland Trail Blazers have expressed condolences after the passing of Lenny Wilkens, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-282387","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-nba","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}