If Collins finally signs with an NBA team, he would become the first openly gay athlete to play in any of North America’s four traditional major team sports.
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The Brooklyn Nets are reportedly thinking of signing Jason Collins to a 10-day contract, which would make the 35-year-old free-agent center the NBA's first active openly gay player.
ESPN.com reports that Collins recently went through a private workout for the Nets in Los Angeles earlier this week. Nets general manager Billy King confirmed that report Thursday.
Asked to share the feedback he received on Collins, King said: "He's in shape."
"He's one of the names on the list," King said of Collins. "We will look at anybody that's a free agent that's big that's out there. We're looking at any guys that are free agents and he's one of the guys. But we've got other guys that we'll look at."
"We're going to look to add a guy," King said, "That we feel will help us."
The Clippers also have interest in signing Collins, according to Frank Isola of the New York Daily News .
Tim Bontemps of the New York Post added a few details about Collins' chances of catching on with the Nets and Clippers: