Steering Committee 

Lance Blanks

Cleveland Cavaliers Assistant General Manager

Lance Blanks was named assistant general manager for the Cleveland Cavaliers in July of 2005. He spent the previous five seasons with the San Antonio Spurs where he was a part of two NBA Championships working in various positions in the front office.

As assistant general manager, Blanks assists General Manager Danny Ferry in all basketball operations of the franchise.

Prior to joining the Cavaliers, Blanks served as the director of scouting for the Spurs. He joined the Spurs in 2000 as a scout and was promoted to director of scouting in September of 2002. In San Antonio, Blanks served as Spurs television analyst for both the 2003-04 and 2004-05 season.

He played three seasons in the NBA after being drafted in the first round of the 1990 NBA Draft (26th overall pick) by the Detroit Pistons. Blanks spent two seasons with the Pistons and one with the Minnesota Timberwolves, averaging 2.0 points in 142 career games. He also played one season in the CBA and three in Europe, where he led teams in Hungary and Cyprus to league championships.

Blanks earned Texas "Mr. Basketball" honors in 1985 at McCullough High School (now The Woodlands) before going on to the University of Texas, where he led the Longhorns to the Elite Eight in the 1990 NCAA Tournament. While a resident of San Antonio, former mayor, Ed Garza, appointed Blanks to the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame organizing committee.

Blanks (born Sept. 9, 1966) and his wife Renee have two daughters, Riley and Bryn. Riley is a top rated junior tennis player. His father, Sid, played eight years in the NFL for Houston, Washington and New England and his cousin, Larvel Blanks, played Major League baseball for eight years.