Jim Blanks (born August 13, 1952) is an American former

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player. He began his collegiate career with the Moberly Greyhounds before he transferred to play for the

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for his final three seasons of eligibility. Blanks was an NAIA All-American selection during his senior season in 1974–75. He ranks in the top 10 of total points and rebounds for the Runnin' Bulldogs. Blanks was selected by the

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as the 29th overall pick in the

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. He was waived by the Rockets on the eve of the

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and ultimately never played a game in the

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(NBA).

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