# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lance-blanks
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:05:47.100Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lance-blanks"
name: "Lance Blanks"
slug: "lance-blanks"
description: "Lance Blanks was an American professional basketball player and executive who worked as an analyst for ESPN. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves. Blanks also spent several seasons playing in Europe. Blanks worked as the general manager of the Phoenix Suns from 2010 to 2013."
tagline: "American basketball player"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1966-09-09"
deathDate: "2023-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.05
  momentum:             18.69060773480663
  historical:           12.31127066666667
  currentAttention:     5.720000000000001
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 219
sources:
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    title: "兰斯·布兰克斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "لانس بلانكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "لانس بلانكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Blanks"
    title: "Lance Blanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%82_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BA%CF%82"
    title: "Λανς Μπλανκς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Blanks"
    title: "Lance Blanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Blanks"
    title: "Lance Blanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Blanks"
    title: "Lance Blanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Blanks"
    title: "Lance Blanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Blanks"
    title: "Lance Blanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Blanks"
    title: "Lance Blanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Blanks"
    title: "Lance Blanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Blanks"
    title: "Lance Blanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Blanks"
    title: "Lance Blanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Blanks"
    title: "Lance Blanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240278"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump