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Former Utah Jazz Center Jarron Collins to Speak at DNC

Jarron Collins has a reputation for his basketball smarts. Throughout his 11-year playing career–eight of which were spent in a Utah Jazz uniform–as well as his most recent gig as an assistant coach under Steve Kerr for the 2015 NBA champion Golden State Warriors, he’s been lauded as much for his brain as the brawn that comes with being 6-foot-11 and 260 pounds.

Next week, he’s receiving the opportunity to show as much on an entirely different stage–the 2016 Democratic National Convention.

According to a tweet from the former Jazzman, he’ll be joining his twin brother Jason–a former 13-year pro who came out as the league’s first openly gay player in 2013–in speaking at the convention in Philadelphia next week–

The Collins twins have both endorsed Hillary Clinton, who will officially become the Democratic Party’s nominee for president at the DNC, in this year’s election.