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Who is Johnny Wilkes? A look at the man suing the Clippers and Jerry West. [Los Angeles Times :: BC-BKN-CLIPPERS-WILKES:LA]
LOS ANGELES There were two players from the Dorsey High boys basketball team who earned All-Southern-League honors in 1980.
Johnny Wilkes and Dennis Robertson.
Forty years later, Robertson has become a recognizable figure in the NBA as Clippers star Kawhi Leonard’s enigmatic “Uncle Dennis,” the man believed to have perhaps the biggest influence over the two-time NBA champions and Finals MVP.
Before this week, Wilkes was a virtual unknown an L.A.-native who had an unremarkable college career at Colorado and Cal State Fullerton, an international professional career in Japan, and whose post-playing career has included jobs in and out of sports.