Blanks, former NBA player and officer

DALLAS– Lance Blanks, who played in the NBA for 3 seasons and later worked as a scout and a front-office executive, has actually passed away, his household revealed Thursday. He was 56.

Blanks died Wednesday in Dallas, his household stated in a statement dispersed by the NBA.He was a former general supervisor of the Phoenix Suns, an assistant basic supervisor for the Cleveland Cavaliers and a scout for the San Antonio Spurs and most just recently the LA Clippers. Blanks also played for the Detroit Pistons, who prepared him in the first round in 1990, and the Minnesota Timberwolves.

“Lance was a light for all those who understood him,” stated NBA executive Joe Dumars, one of his Detroit teammates. “It’s been a benefit to have actually called him among my closest good friends. I’m permanently grateful for all the assistance he has actually revealed me throughout the years. His tradition will be carried on, not only by his household, however by all those whose lives he touched for the much better.”

Blanks played college basketball at Virginia and Texas, which inducted him into the Longhorns Hall of Honor in 2007. He joined the Longhorn Network as a basketball expert in 2020.

Information from the Associated Press was utilized in this report.