Earlier this month the basketball world lost a beloved figure when former NBA player and executive Lance Blanks passed away.
Nearly a week after his death, his daughter, Riley Blanks Reed, announced his cause of death. Blanks died by suicide at 56 years old.
She penned a column on ESPN to remember her father.
On the morning of May 3, 2023, my father, Lance Blanks, took his life. People will ask, “How did we not see it?”
And people will say, “This wasn’t him. Someone like him wouldn’t do this.”
People will want more information.
But the fact is we will never truly know why. And we don’t need to. All we need to do is remember him, honor him, celebrate him and pour our love into the family that made him happy.
All we need to know is that, oftentimes, the people in the most pain are the giants in our lives.
Blanks started his collegiate career with the Texas Longhorns where he averaged 20.0 points per game. Following an Elite Eight trip, he went on to be drafted by the Detroit Pistons drafted Blanks with the No. 26 pick.
He played three seasons with two teams before eventually joining the San Antonio Spurs as a scout in 2000. He rose through the executive ranks and made the jump to general manager at Phoenix in 2010.
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