{"id":33523,"date":"2025-09-11T22:21:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T02:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/jason-collins-ex-nba-and-gay-pioneer-battles-brain-tumor\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T22:21:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T02:21:52","slug":"jason-collins-ex-nba-and-gay-pioneer-battles-brain-tumor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/jason-collins-ex-nba-and-gay-pioneer-battles-brain-tumor\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Collins, Ex-NBA and gay pioneer, battles brain tumor"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jason Collins, Former NBA Player, Battles Brain Tumor<\/h2>\n\nThe NBA has issued an official statement informing that former player Jason Collins is being treated for a brain tumor. Collins, known for being the first athlete to openly declare himself gay in one of the major men&#8217;s professional leagues in the United States, has received support from the league and the sports community.\n\nThe American basketball league has requested privacy for Collins and his family during these difficult times. The priority is the health and well-being of the former player.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cJason and his family appreciate the support and prayers, and kindly request privacy as they focus their attention on Jason\u2019s health and well-being,\u201d the NBA noted.<\/p>\n\n<cite>NBA<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nJason Collins, a 2.13-meter center, had a distinguished NBA career spanning 13 seasons, playing for several teams.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New Jersey\/Brooklyn Nets<\/li>\n<li>Atlanta Hawks<\/li>\n<li>Boston Celtics<\/li>\n<li>Memphis Grizzlies<\/li>\n<li>Minnesota Timberwolves<\/li>\n<li>Washington Wizards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nDuring his career, Collins played 735 games between 2001 and 2014, averaging 3.6 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.\n\nCollins was selected 18th in the 2001 draft by the Houston Rockets. His retirement came in 2014. A year earlier, he made history by publicly revealing his homosexuality, marking a milestone in sports.\n\nAfter his retirement, Collins has been involved in various activities, including his role as an NBA ambassador.\n\nCurrently, at 46 years old, Collins is married to producer Brunson Green, whom he married earlier this year.\n\nThe news of his illness has generated shock in the basketball world, where Collins is remembered not only for his sporting career, but also for his courage in paving the way for inclusion and diversity.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Collins, Former NBA Player, Battles Brain Tumor The NBA has issued an official statement informing that former player Jason Collins is being treated for a brain tumor. Collins, known for being the first athlete to openly declare himself gay in one of the major men&#8217;s professional leagues in the United States, has received support [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[8600,8598,8599,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-33523","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-brain-tumor","9":"tag-homosexuality","10":"tag-jason-collins","11":"tag-nba"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}