{"id":144982,"date":"2025-09-15T13:08:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T13:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/144982\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T13:08:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T13:08:06","slug":"former-nba-center-first-active-openly-gay-player-undergoing-brain-tumor-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/144982\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NBA center, first active openly gay player, undergoing brain tumor treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5ZKVW4HMIRBQVN5ECBCE3U757A\">Former NBA center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/collija04.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/collija04.html\">Jason Collins<\/a> is undergoing treatment for a brain tumor, his family announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5QNC7XSP4RB5ZG7USF7ETJ2UQA\">\u201cNBA Ambassador and 13-year NBA veteran Jason Collins is currently undergoing treatment for a brain tumor,\u201d the NBA said in a statement. \u201cJason and his family welcome your support and prayers and kindly ask for privacy as they dedicate their attention to Jason\u2019s health and well-being.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"H5W37AEH5RF57EM65WPN2RGMEY\">Collins had a 13-year career in the NBA, which he began and concluded with the Nets. He also spent time with the Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Memphis Grizzles, Minnesota Timberwolves and Washington Wizards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2F2XHUN6WBDPXG7D26MJMHBT4I\">Collins came out as gay in 2013, becoming the first publicly out player active in one of the four main North American sports leagues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3YJY6CC4RNFKVBNEVFKRNEAXXA\">In his best season in 2004-2005 for the Nets, Collins averaged 6.4 points per game and 6.1 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n<p>If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NBA center Jason Collins is undergoing treatment for a brain tumor, his family announced on Thursday. \u201cNBA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,726,590,588,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-144982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-sport","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}