WASHINGTON — Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player who now serves as an ambassador for the league, is undergoing treatment for .

Collins shared the update in an interview .

Back in September, his family revealed in a statement to the NBA that he was undergoing treatment for a brain tumor.

that the statement was "intentionally vague."

"They did that to protect my privacy while I was mentally unable to speak for myself and my loved ones were trying to understand what we were dealing with. But now it's time for people to hear directly from me," .

doctors discovered a baseball-sized mass in his brain in late August and told him he would only live six weeks to three months if they did nothing.

According to the former NBA player, if he were to pursue the standard of care for gli

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