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08-05-2010, 07:59 PM
Lance Blanks Named Phoenix GM
Aug 05, 2010 8:19 PM EST
The Phoenix Suns have named former player and veteran NBA executive Lance Blanks the club’s general manager, the team announced today.
“After a thorough search, we believe we have found the perfect choice to serve as our general manager,” said Suns President of Basketball Operations Lon Babby. “Lance Blanks is a first-rate talent evaluator, basketball executive and person. We are thrilled that he will be joining the Phoenix Suns.”
An experienced and successful talent evaluator, Blanks combines the high basketball IQ of a former player with a 10-year track record in the front offices of two of the league’s most successful franchises over the last decade. The 43-year-old Blanks joins the Suns after spending the last five seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers as vice president of basketball operations and assistant general manager, a tenure during which the Cavs owned an overall record of 272-138 (.663).
Prior to joining the Cavaliers in 2005, Blanks spent the previous five seasons with the San Antonio Spurs, originally joining the club in 2000 as a scout. Blanks was then promoted to the role of director of scouting in September 2002.
Read more: http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/68547/20100805/lance_blanks_named_phoenix_gm/#ixzz0vmcJhaoP
Aug 05, 2010 8:19 PM EST
The Phoenix Suns have named former player and veteran NBA executive Lance Blanks the club’s general manager, the team announced today.
“After a thorough search, we believe we have found the perfect choice to serve as our general manager,” said Suns President of Basketball Operations Lon Babby. “Lance Blanks is a first-rate talent evaluator, basketball executive and person. We are thrilled that he will be joining the Phoenix Suns.”
An experienced and successful talent evaluator, Blanks combines the high basketball IQ of a former player with a 10-year track record in the front offices of two of the league’s most successful franchises over the last decade. The 43-year-old Blanks joins the Suns after spending the last five seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers as vice president of basketball operations and assistant general manager, a tenure during which the Cavs owned an overall record of 272-138 (.663).
Prior to joining the Cavaliers in 2005, Blanks spent the previous five seasons with the San Antonio Spurs, originally joining the club in 2000 as a scout. Blanks was then promoted to the role of director of scouting in September 2002.
Read more: http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/68547/20100805/lance_blanks_named_phoenix_gm/#ixzz0vmcJhaoP