The photo selected by Wilkens and his family that Cella used as inspiration for the statue is a picture of 37-year-old Wilkens playing his final NBA season in 1974-75 with the Portland Trail Blazers.

Now, Brooklyn-born Lenny Wilkens is a real giant. Last week, the Boys High grad – and later Seattle SuperSonics player and coach – became the first person to have a statue unveiled outside ...

Wilkens is a three-time Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, as a player (1989), a coach (1998), and an assistant coach for the 1992 USA “Dream Team” (2010). The 87-year-old played 15 ...

SEATTLE — A statue honoring basketball legend, coach, and philanthropist Lenny Wilkens was unveiled on Saturday at Climate Pledge Arena. The statue, located on the west side of the plaza ...

Wilkens will be honored June 28 with a statue outside Climate Pledge Arena where his teams once ruled the NBA, and not far from Lenny Wilkens Way, which was named after him four years ago.

Former NBA basketball player and coach Lenny Wilkens poses for a photo with his statue after its unveiling outside of Climate Pledge Arena, Saturday, June 28, 2025, in Seattle.

Over 150 of Wilkens’ friends and family members attended Saturday’s statue unveiling, including former Sonics Jack Sikma and Nate McMillan and former Sonics coach George Karl.

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