{"id":229472,"date":"2026-05-13T02:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/229472\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T02:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:26:08","slug":"we-are-heartbroken-to-learn-of-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/229472\/","title":{"rendered":"We are heartbroken to learn of the \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brooklyn Nets: We are heartbroken to learn of the \u2026<a class=\"gnt_bc\"\/><\/p>\n<p>HoopsHype<\/p>\n<p>May 12, 2026, 8:31 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BrooklynNets\/status\/2054355228867100820\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Read more on Twitter\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn Nets: We are heartbroken to learn of the passing of Jason Collins<\/a>. Jason spent eight seasons in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" data-autotag=\"02f2623f-cb52-4847-8284-ff461d726c25\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Nets<\/a> uniform, helping define an era of our franchise and playing a vital role on our back-to-back Eastern Conference championship teams in 2002 and 2003. He was a constant in our locker room &#8211; selfless, tough, and deeply respected by teammates, coaches, and staff alike. Those who were around Jason every day knew him not just as a competitor, but as a genuinely kind, thoughtful person who brought people together. His impact extended far beyond the court, and his courage and authenticity helped move the game &#8211; and the world &#8211; forward. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and everyone who had the privilege of knowing him. Jason will always be a part of the Nets family, and he will be deeply missed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BrooklynNets\/status\/2054355228867100820\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Read more on Twitter\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 www.hoopshype.com. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778639168_350_p.gif\" style=\"display:none;visibility:hidden\"\/><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Nets: We are heartbroken to learn of the \u2026 HoopsHype May 12, 2026, 8:31 p.m. ET Brooklyn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[679,98,100,99,9,24,63,90111,15480,15481,4503,7204,9609,15482,90112,1328,949,12760,682],"class_list":["post-229472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-accessfree","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-sourcehoops-hype","tag-sstssportsnbarumors","tag-sstsnnba-rumors","tag-tagbasketball","tag-tagbrooklyn-nets","tag-tagdeath-tragedy","tag-taghide-headline-hoops-hype","tag-tagjason-collins","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtwitter","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}