Lance Blanks, a former NBA player and Suns general manager, died Wednesday in Dallas. He was 56.
Blanks’s family confirmed his death Thursday. The former NBA guard spent three seasons in the league, playing for the Pistons and Timberwolves after being selected No. 26 in the first round of the 1990 NBA draft.
He ultimately served as Phoenix’s general manager from 2010 to ’13 after serving five years as assistant general manager of the Cavaliers. Blanks also worked as a scout and director of scouting for the Spurs.