Lenny Wilkens

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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee National Basketball Association coach National Basketball Association player Olympic basketball coach basketball coach basketball player human

Lenny Wilkens is a Hall of Fame American basketball coach and former player best known for his long NBA coaching career and leading the 1996 U.S. Olympic "Dream Team" to a gold medal.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee → National Basketball Association coach → National Basketball Association player → Olympic basketball coach → basketball coach → basketball player → human →
careerRole	player-coach for the Seattle SuperSonics →
coachedNationalTeam	United States men's national basketball team →
coachedTeam	Atlanta Hawks → Cleveland Cavaliers → New York Knicks → Portland Trail Blazers → Seattle SuperSonics → Toronto Raptors →
collegeAttended	Providence College →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1937-10-28 →
draftedBy	St. Louis Hawks →
draftLeague	NBA →
draftPickNumber	6 →
draftRound	1 →
draftYear	1960 →
familyName	Wilkens →
fullName	Leonard Randolph Wilkens →
givenName	Leonard →
HallOfFameInduction	FIBA Hall of Fame → Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach → Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player →
isOneOf	NBA’s 15 Greatest Coaches list honorees → NBA’s 50 Greatest Players list honorees →
jerseyNumber	14 → 19 →
knownFor	leading the 1996 U.S. Olympic "Dream Team" to a gold medal → long NBA coaching career →
languageSpoken	English →
NBAAllStarAppearances	9 →
notableAchievement	head coach of the 1996 United States Olympic men’s basketball team → won the 1979 NBA championship as head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics →
placeOfBirth	Brooklyn, New York, United States →
playedFor	Atlanta Hawks → Cleveland Cavaliers → Seattle SuperSonics → St. Louis Hawks →
positionPlayed	point guard →
retiredNumberBy	Cleveland Cavaliers → Providence College → Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder franchise →
won	gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men’s basketball as head coach →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cleveland Cavaliers → Seattle SuperSonics → United States men's national basketball team →	notableCoach