Lenny Wilkens Available

[Sac4cwebb]

How would you like to see Lenny Wilkens be Reggie's experienced mentor? I think it would be fantastic. Don't know if Wilkens would be interested.

http://www.insidehoops.com/wilkens-leaves-070607.shtml

 

[nbrans]

There's a reason he's available.

 

[Smills91]

There's a reason he's available.

Losingest coach in history??? ;-)

 

[Big Cuz 15]

we'll have to find someone with better suited to be reggies first gun.. wilkens does not impress me even w/ his extensive resume

 

[Bricklayer]

Oh come now -- Lenny Wilkens would be as good as any and better than most as a "wise old head" you could get to sit next to a raw rookie coach who hasn't been in the NBA for 20 years. The position is almost by definition limited to guys who are washed up, and you want the guy to be low key and low maintenance.

But for Lenny himself I see no way he would want to come in and serve UNDER Reggie Theus. He just got done being humilaited by being supplanted by a 30 yr old GM with no experience in Seattle, and clearly chafed at it. Now at age 70 whatever he's going to come back to serve as an assistant coach under a noobie head coach in a small market city where he has no ties? Don't see it.

 

[Sac4cwebb]

Wilkens is a Hall of Fame Coach with a record of 1332 and 1155 over 32 seasons. He has coached 178 play off games with a record of 80 and 98. His experience would be invaluable to Reggie. The only problem is as Bricklayer states, I don't think he would be interested in such a position....but you never know unless you ask.

 

[Circa_1985_Fan]

Losingest coach in history??? ;-)

I'd put Lenny in the same category as a Don Nelson or a *gulp* Dick Motta.

 

[Fresno King]

No thanks.