Toronto Raptors' head coach Lenny Wilkens (JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo credit should read JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
The Toronto Raptors struggled through some truly awful basketball through the first few years of their NBA existence, but the hiring of Hall of Fame coach Lenny Wilkens helped turn this team around as soon as he arrived in Toronto.
Wilkens ended his Raptors tenure with a sub-.500 record, but he made the playoffs in two of his first three seasons. Wilkens took a team that was fraying at the seams under Butch Carter and helped them orchestrate some deep playoff runs.