Overview

• Lance Blanks, the former general manager of the Phoenix Suns and a star basketball player at the University of Texas, died by suicide on May 3, according to his daughter.
• Blanks played for the Longhorns from 1985 to 1989 and was inducted into the university's Hall of Honor.
• He worked as an NBA scout and executive for over 20 years, including stints with the San Antonio Spurs and Cleveland Cavaliers.
• Since 2020, Blanks had worked as a television analyst for the Longhorn Network.
• Family and friends remembered Blanks as a leader, guardian angel, and loving father who had an huge impact on all those around him.