'Inside the NBA' on Jason Collins' death: 'It was a terrible day for the NBA'

On Wednesday, the ‘Inside the NBA’ crew discussed the recent death of Jason Collins, who was the first active male athlete in any of the four major North American professional sports leagues to be openly gay. Collins was 47 and died Tuesday after a battle with Stage 4 glioblastoma.Collins played 13 years in the NBA (2001-2014) and came out as gay on April 29, 2013, through a first-person essay published in Sports Illustrated. Analyst and NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley explained that, while there has been progress in acceptance of the gay community, there is still a long way to go in the battle Collins fought.Advertisement