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Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 12:07 am
by canada_dry
Damn. He really gave this franchise some life during that VC era when we needed it.
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Re: Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 12:08 am
by mtcan
RIP, 3rd most winningest coach in NBA history.
Re: Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 12:10 am
by LoveMyRaps
RIP
Re: Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 12:13 am
by Brinbe
RIP to the legend
Re: Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 12:36 am
by Duffman100
Damn. He was our first legit real head coach. RIP Lenny.
Re: Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 12:39 am
by right between the eyes
RIP Lenny. What a legend!
Re: Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 1:33 am
by AkelaLoneWolf
rip lenny
Re: Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 2:41 am
by vi3t
I started following the Raps in the early 2000 and Lenny Wilkens was the first coach I got to see, rest in peace legend
Re: Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 3:22 am
by blastttOFF
My favourite coach
Re: Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 3:30 am
by Randle McMurphy
Raptors were largely a total clown show before he was hired.
He brought a level of respectability and success we didn’t have before.
Re: Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 4:58 am
by WaltFrazier
A true NBA legend. A gentleman. The last player coach. Took over the losing Sonics and made them finalists then champs back to back. Had very good teams in Cleveland and ATL that couldn't get past the Jordan Bulls.
As a player he was an all time great point guard. Yet only the third best guard in his draft class because he came out in 1960 along with Oscar Robertson and Jerry West.
Raptors' Wayne Embry and Bob Pettit, 92, must be about the only legends from the era still living.
Re: Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 5:53 am
by 720
RIP
Re: Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 6:10 am
by billy_hoyle
RIP to a classy guy.
Re: Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 9:38 am
by Kobe Anunoby
Rest in peace.
Lenny was a legend in multiple decades in multiple ways, which few can say.
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years” by Abraham Lincoln
Re: Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 12:09 pm
by canz55
He brought us our first playoff victory and a shot away from facing the Bucks in the Eastern Conference finals.
Re: Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 4:53 pm
by Morris_Shatford
Hiring Lenny was incredible at the time.
We brought in one of the best available coaches and it was reflected in the way the team responded to him - to me that was the moment we became a serious franchise.
RIP Lenny.
Re: Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 6:20 pm
by tsherkin
A long and fruitful life. Cool part of our franchise history, too.
RIP.
Re: Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 6:42 pm
by GoRapstheoriginal
RIP Lenny Wilkins
Re: Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 6:58 pm
by dTox
Other than the 2019 championship team, Lenny's VC led teams were some of my favourite memories as a Raptors fan. RIP
Re: Former legendary NBA player and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens passes away at 88.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 7:06 pm
by WaltFrazier
I have this book. A good read although it ends just before he came to the Raptors
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