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Lenny Wilkens

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Basketball Player

The Resume

    (October 28, 1937- )
    Played for St. Louis Hawks, Seattle SuperSonics, Cleveland Cavaliers and Portland Trail Blazers
    NBA All-Star Game MVP (1971)
    Inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame as a player (1989)
    Coached Seattle SuperSonics, Portland Trail Blazers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors and New York Knicks
    NBA Coach of the Year (1994)
    Inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach (1998)
    Attended Providence College
    6'1

Why he might be annoying:

    He retired as the losingest (and winningest) coach in NBA history.
    He puffed on Red Auerbach's cigar after passing Auerbach's coaching wins record.
    He served a dual player-coach role at Seattle and Portland.
    His coaching tenures with the Raptors and Knicks both ended in disaster.
    He didn't play for his high school basketball team until his senior year.
    After he was traded to Cleveland, he refused to play until the seventh game of the season.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He has a humble and calm demeanor.
    He was the longest tenured NBA coach.
    He was the first NBA coach to get 1,000 wins.
    He coached each of the four teams he has played for.
    He coached the Sonics to an NBA championship (1979).
    He coached the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team to the gold medal (1996).
    He retired from playing as second on the NBA's all-time assist list.
    He is the second person to be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player and a coach.
    He is the only member of both the Top Ten NBA Coaches and the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History lists (1996).

Credit: Hoxy


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 60 Votes: 23.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 25 Votes: 32.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 17 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 29 Votes: 41.38% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 37 Votes: 32.43% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 94 Votes: 48.94% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 127 Votes: 59.84% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 129 Votes: 64.34% Annoying