Pelicans starting point guard Jrue Holiday will miss the start of the NBA season to be with his pregnant wife, who will undergo surgery later this fall to remove a brain tumor, the Times-Picayune reported Sunday.
Lauren Holiday, a two-time gold medalist and 2015 World Cup winner with the U.S. women's national soccer team, is pregnant with the couple's first child. She retired last year. Lauren is scheduled to have the procedure six weeks after giving birth. The couple's daughter is due in mid-October.
The recently discovered tumor, which doctors believe will not affect the child, is benign and Lauren is expected to make a full recovery.