On Saturday, the former Seattle SuperSonics player and coach became the first person to have a statue unveiled outside Climate Pledge Arena. Wilkens led the Sonics to the 1979 NBA title.

On Saturday, the former Seattle SuperSonics player and coach became the first person to have a statue unveiled outside Climate Pledge Arena. Wilkens led the Sonics to the 1979 NBA title.

Seattle SuperSonics legend Lenny Wilkens was honored with the first-ever statue outside Climate Pledge Arena at the Seattle Center on Saturday. Wilkens played in the NBA from 1960 to 1975 ...

In July of 2006, he sold the Seattle Storm, the city’s WNBA franchise, when he could not secure public funding from the City of Seattle for a new arena.

The Sonics had difficulty covering the cost of either renovations or a new arena elsewhere in Seattle with their financial struggles in the 2000s, and the city of Seattle's reluctance to spending ...

Seattle fans lost their NBA franchise, the SuperSonics, in 2008 when it was stolen from them and rebranded in Oklahoma City. For the scornful, that means one thing: Go Pacers.

Lindsey Wasson - AP Former NBA basketball player and coach Lenny Wilkens, center, arrives for his statue unveiling event outside of Climate Pledge Arena, Saturday, June 28, 2025, in Seattle.