Tristan Jass, a well-known figure in the basketball content creation scene, has revealed that he is scheduled for surgery to remove a brain tumor.

“After six years of getting annual MRI scans of my brain, the doctors have now decided it’s time to remove the tumor to determine exactly what it is,” the 25-year-old Jass shared on X this past Saturday, December 6. “I won’t deny that this is quite frightening, but I’ve been mentally preparing over the last few weeks, and I’m ready to face this challenge.”

He continued, “I’m grateful for all the prayers and support! None of it goes unnoticed. It’s time to focus on the surgery! I’ll catch up with you all on the other side!”

Jass provided more details about the upcoming procedure in a video posted to his YouTube channel, where he has an audience of 5.6 million subscribers.

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After getting his yearly MRI in November, Jass said he could “feel the vibe totally shift in the room” when his neurosurgeon pulled up the results. 

“You see a small little dot in the middle of the cyst,” Jass recalled. “I’m sitting there and I’m like, ‘What the f*** is this? Is this cancer?’ He hasn’t told me yet. I’m freaking out.”

Jass’ neurosurgeon recommended a colleague with “more tools in his tool bag,” who told Jass shortly after the MRI that he would need to have a right craniotomy temporal lobectomy and tumor resection.”

In essence, Jass’ surgery will aim to detach a piece of his skull to remove his tumor. 

“They’re actually going to be removing a piece of my brain permanently, which is very scary,” Jass said. “Becuase they can’t say for sure what that’s going to do to me.”

In a video posted on November 11, Jass said there’s “a less than one percent chance that my speech can be affected, memory can be affected.”

“The surgery is going to be about three to four hours, with an additional two hours on top of that because they want to get MRIs of my brain literally while my brain is open to make sure they got everything they wanted to get out,” Jass explained in his December 6 video. 

Jass’ surgeon said the “best case scenario” for the surgery would see him “up and walking around” in the ICU the day after the procedure. 

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“Then we’re looking at three-to-four weeks recovery, where I’ll probably just be at my house not doing anything, which is going to be a very tough thing for me,” Jass admitted. “I’m always doing something. I’ve never sat in a bed and laid down for three-to-four weeks. And who knows, it could be longer, it could be shorter. Everybody’s body works differently.”

Jass acknowledged that he would have kept his health journey “private,” but explained why he wanted to keep his dedicated followers in the loop. 

“I’ve always documented these battles that I’ve gone through, whether it’s an injury, whether it’s me throwing myself in the fire playing professional basketball,” he said. “I’ve always loved documenting these different experiences and this one is completely different from any of that.”

He added, “I wanted to film all of this and document everything because it’s going to be such a tough battle and a tough time. I just want to show anybody out there that, whether you’re going through brain surgery, heart surgery, anything that could be scary, I’m a human, too. Yeah, I got all this social media stuff going on and everything I do, but I’m a human just like you guys.”