{"id":293215,"date":"2023-05-05T00:03:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T00:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=293215"},"modified":"2023-05-05T01:59:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T01:59:27","slug":"basketball-has-lost-a-legend-ex-nba-player-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=293215","title":{"rendered":"'Basketball has lost a legend': Ex NBA player dies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lance Blanks, who played in the NBA<\/a> for three seasons and later worked as a scout and front office executive, has died, his family announced on Friday (AEST). He was 56.<\/p>\n

Blanks died Wednesday (local time) in Dallas, his family said in a statement distributed by the NBA.<\/p>\n

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 Los Angeles Clippers.<\/p>\n

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Blanks also played for the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLance was a light for all those who knew him,\u201d said NBA executive Joe Dumars, one of his Detroit teammates. \u201cIt\u2019s been a privilege to have called him one of my closest friends. I\u2019m eternally grateful for all the support he has shown me throughout the years. His legacy will be carried on, not only by his family, but by all those whose lives he touched for the better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blanks played college basketball at Virginia and Texas, which inducted him into the Longhorns Hall of Honour in 2007. The Pistons drafted him in the first round in 1990.<\/p>\n

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