RIP Lance Blanks

[MortSahlfan]

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/former-texas-star-nba-player-and-executive-lance-blanks-dies-at-56-231114906.html

His cause of death is unknown.

“Lance was a light for all those who knew him,” NBA executive vice president Joe Dumars, who played with Banks in Detroit, said in a statement. “It’s been a privilege to have called him one of my closest friends. I’m 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. You will be dearly missed, brother.”


“My dad was my person. He was my teacher, my idol, my best friend," Riley Blanks Reed, one of Blanks' two daughters, said in a statement. "The love I have for him is simply immeasurable. He carried his family and friends on his selfless shoulders and he was the wisest man I’ll ever know. The path ahead is dark without him but he once told me that he trusted my sister and me to carry the torch of our family’s legacy. And we will.”

[Uncle Mxy]

Seemed like a decent enough guy, despite that unfortunate last name. I remember saying "Lance 'Shooting' Blanks" whenever he'd play garbage minutes and miss a shot. He was the 5th guard in our 3-guard rotation.

[Uncle Mxy]

Suicide. <deep sigh>
https://www.tmz.com/2023/05/09/ex-suns-gm-ut-legend-lance-blanks-died-by-suicide-daughter-says/

[zeebneeb]

Suicide. <deep sigh>
https://www.tmz.com/2023/05/09/ex-suns-gm-ut-legend-lance-blanks-died-by-suicide-daughter-says/

Absolutely brutal.

Always seek help if your ever thinking this way people. Tomorrow is another day, and it could be a great one.

[theBigLip]

Sad.

[tmorgan]

Suicide. <deep sigh>
https://www.tmz.com/2023/05/09/ex-suns-gm-ut-legend-lance-blanks-died-by-suicide-daughter-says/

Absolutely brutal.

Always seek help if your ever thinking this way people. Tomorrow is another day, and it could be a great one.

A thousand +1’s on this. My wife is a psychiatrist. I hear some awful stories.

[Rip32]

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/former-texas-star-nba-player-and-executive-lance-blanks-dies-at-56-231114906.html

His cause of death is unknown.

“Lance was a light for all those who knew him,” NBA executive vice president Joe Dumars, who played with Banks in Detroit, said in a statement. “It’s been a privilege to have called him one of my closest friends. I’m 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. You will be dearly missed, brother.”


“My dad was my person. He was my teacher, my idol, my best friend," Riley Blanks Reed, one of Blanks' two daughters, said in a statement. "The love I have for him is simply immeasurable. He carried his family and friends on his selfless shoulders and he was the wisest man I’ll ever know. The path ahead is dark without him but he once told me that he trusted my sister and me to carry the torch of our family’s legacy. And we will.”

This is a sad day. I enjoyed listening to his HBCU telecast on ESPN. RIP