The funeral for Karl Malone's mother, Shirley Jackson Malone, who died Wednesday morning of a massive heart attack, will be held Tuesday morning in El Dorado, Ark.

"We don't know what that means for his participation with us," Craig Miller, spokesman for the U.S. Olympic team, said Thursday.

The Olympic team is scheduled to open the qualifying tournament in Puerto Rico on Wednesday night against Brazil. Malone was set to leave with the team when he learned of his mother's death.