{"id":792294,"date":"2026-05-13T01:07:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T01:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/792294\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T01:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T01:07:31","slug":"jason-collins-passes-away-after-valiant-fight-with-glioblastoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/792294\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Collins passes away after &#8216;valiant fight with glioblastoma&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2202451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Obituary-Graphic_16x9_collins-1568x882.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"882\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW YORK<\/strong> \u2013 NBA Commissioner Adam Silver issued the following statement today regarding the passing of NBA Cares Ambassador and former NBA player Jason Collins:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJason Collins\u2019\u00a0impact and influence extended far beyond basketball as he helped make the NBA, WNBA and larger sports community more inclusive and welcoming for future generations. \u00a0He exemplified outstanding leadership and professionalism throughout his 13-year NBA career and in his dedicated work as an NBA Cares Ambassador. \u00a0Jason will be\u00a0remembered not only for breaking barriers, but also for the kindness and humanity that defined his life and touched so many others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of the NBA, I send my heartfelt condolences to Jason\u2019s husband, Brunson, and his family, friends and colleagues across our leagues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the following statement was issued today by the NBA on behalf of the family of Jason Collins:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are heartbroken to share that Jason Collins, our beloved husband, son, brother and uncle, has died after a valiant fight with glioblastoma.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJason changed lives in unexpected ways and was an inspiration to all who knew him and to those who admired him from afar.\u00a0 We are grateful for the outpouring of love and prayers over the past eight months and for the exceptional medical care Jason received from his doctors and nurses. Our family will miss him dearly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2013 NBA Commissioner Adam Silver issued the following statement today regarding the passing of NBA Cares&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":792295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[119335,1260,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-792294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-jason-collins","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116564593637763953","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}