Lance Blanks, who played in the NBA for three seasons and later worked as a scout and a front-office executive, has died, his family announced Thursday. He was 56.
Blanks died Wednesday in Dallas, his family said in a statement distributed by the NBA.
He was a former general manager of the Phoenix Suns, an assistant general manager for the Cleveland Cavaliers and a scout for the San Antonio Spurs and most recently the LA Clippers. Blanks also played for the Detroit Pistons, who drafted him in the first round in 1990, and the Minnesota Timberwolves.