Lance Blanks

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Basketball player
Lance Blanks
Player information
birthday September 9, 1966 (53 years and 357 days)
place of birth Del Rio (Texas) , United States
size 193 cm
position Point Guard / Shooting Guard
college Texas
NBA draft 1990 , 26th Pick, Detroit Pistons
Clubs as active
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Lance Blanks (born September 9, 1966 in Del Rio ) is a retired American basketball player . He played in the position of point guard and was drafted in the 1990 NBA draft in 26th place by the Detroit Pistons . Most recently he was General Manager of the Phoenix Suns .

Player career

Blanks attended the University of Texas at Austin . There played for the Texas Longhorns. Together with his teammates Travis Mays and Joey Wright, they were known as the BMW Scoring Machine . In the 1989/90 season they reached the Elite Eight in the NCAA Division I Basketball Championship .

In the NBA, Blanks played two years for the Detroit Pistons and one year for the Minnesota Timberwolves . He scored an average of 2.0 points per game and reached the playoffs twice.

In the 1994/95 season Blanks played for MTV Giessen in the basketball league . He averaged 16.5 points per game.

Scouting / General Manager

Blanks was General Manager of Phoenix Suns from August 2010 to April 2013 . Previously, he was co-general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers for five years . Prior to that, he was a Scout with the San Antonio Spurs and was named Director of Scouting in September 2002. Banks also worked as a television analyst for Spurs in the 2004-2005 season .

Personal

Blank's father is former AFL / NHL player Sid Blanks and his cousin Larvell Blanks played in the MLB.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ stw: "Great people in Gießen" ( Memento from January 6, 2010 on WebCite ). Interview in Gießener Anzeiger, May 7, 2009, archived on January 6, 2010.
  2. ↑ Sun's name Lance Blanks General Manager . www.nba.com/suns. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  3. ↑ a b N.N .: Front Office. ( September 2, 2012 memento on WebCite ) Archived from National Basketball Association — website; New York City, NY, undated before 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2019 (in English).
  4. ^ Lance Blanks Chat Transcript . www.nba.com/cavaliers. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Blanks, Lance
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Del Rio (Texas) , USA