The Detroit News
Lance Blanks, a former first-round draft pick of the Detroit Pistons in 1990, and a former team executive with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Phoenix Suns, has died at age 56.
Blanks, who was also an ESPN analyst and scout for the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Clippers, passed away on Wednesday in Dallas.
He played at the University of Virginia and Texas, where he helped the Longhorns to the Elite Eight in 1990 before becoming a Pistons first-round draft pick, 26th overall, after that season.