• 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.”
• “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.”

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