Ex-NBA executive Lance Blanks died by suicide, daughter says

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Lance Blanks, a former NBA player who served as a team executive for the Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs, died by suicide last week, his daughter revealed Tuesday.

Riley Blanks Reed made the announcement in an obituary posted to ESPN, writing he "took his life."

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Lance Blanks as a Detroit Pistons player. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

"People will want more information," Blanks Reed wrote. "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."

Blanks Reed remembered her father as a leader who made an impact on and off the court.

"Daddy had impact. He had what he would call ‘staying power.’ He was lovingly referred to as the duck: relaxed, calm and effortless on the surface, pedaling like mad beneath the water," she wrote.

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Phoenix Suns general manager Lance Blanks poses for a portrait during media day at the US Airways Center in Phoenix Sept. 27, 2010. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)

"Daddy was my person, my idol, my teacher, my best friend and my confidant -- a man I thought immortal. He encompassed everything to me."

Blanks gained prominence in the basketball world as a member of the University of Texas basketball program from 1988 to 1990,