Former NBA player and Celtic Jason Collins undergoing treatment for brain tumor

NEW YORK AP Jason Collins the NBA s first openly gay athlete who now serves as an ambassador for the league is undergoing rehabilitation for a brain tumor his family reported Thursday Collins reported he was gay in becoming the first publicly gay athlete to play in any of the four main North American sports leagues He retired in after a -year career that included stops with the New Jersey Nets Memphis Minnesota Atlanta Boston Washington and back to the Nets after they moved to Brooklyn His family sent a declaration to the NBA on Thursday Jason and his family welcome your backing and prayers and kindly ask for privacy as they dedicate their attention to Jason s vitality and well-being the declaration revealed Collins averaged points and rebounds in his career In his best season he averaged points and rebounds for the then-New Jersey Nets in -