Lance Blanks, a former Texas star, NBA player, and executive, died on Wednesday (May 3), the league announced Thursday (May 4) afternoon. He was 56.
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Blanks, who was born on September 9, 1966, played for the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Blanks also played in Europe for several seasons.
From 2010 to 2013, Blanks was the general manager of the Phoenix Suns.
Blanks played collegiately at the University of Virginia and the University of Texas at Austin.
Blanks holds the record for the most points scored by a two-year player with 1,322 and is the eighth-leading scorer in University of Texas history. Blanks finished his Texas career as the all-time leader in steals and fourth in career scoring average with 20.0 points per game.
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In 2007, he was inducted into Texas Athletics’ Longhorn Hall of Honor.
Blanks worked as a television analyst for the Texas Longhorns on Longhorn Network from 2020 until his death in 2023.
Did Lance Blanks have an accident?
There is no mention of Lance Blank being involved in an accident on the internet.
However, in 2019, Blanks hosted a symposium on concussive injuries – chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) – at the University of Texas’ Center for Sports Communication & Media.
After years of playing professional football, his father developed Parkinson’s Disease. His father, Sid Blanks, was a former AFL/NFL player and the first Black football player to play in the Lone Star Conference.
Participants at the symposium debated the impact of football on the human brain as well as the sport’s symbolic significance in American life.
What happened to Lance Blanks?
The cause and manner of death are unknown.
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