He then went on to play for the Memphis Grizzlies in 2008, and was then traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves remaining with the team through 2009. He has since played for the Atlanta Hawks, the Boston Celtics, and the Washington Wizards. He currently plays for the Brooklyn Nets. In May of 2013, Jason Collins came out as a homosexual in a Sports Illustrated article written by Jason himself. That made Jason the first active male athlete in any of the major American sports leagues to publicly come out as gay.