Jrue Holiday will miss the first part of the 16-17 season as his wife, Lauren Holiday, is treated for a brain tumor.

Lauren Holiday, 28, a two-time Olympic gold medalist for the U.S. women's national soccer team, retired last year in the prime of her career, in large part, to start a family with Jrue.

"Devastating," Jrue Holiday said of the diagnosis.

Lauren Holiday will undergo surgery for the brain tumor after she delivers their daughter as early as September.

"My family comes before basketball," said Holiday. "I'm obviously blessed to play this game and be in the position I am in, but my wife is the most important thing in the world to me. She comes before anything else." 

Dell Demps and Alvin Gentry met with Holiday and his agent, Jason Glushon, in early August in Los Angeles to outline a game plan for their star point guard.

"The most important thing for Jrue to do right now is be with his wife and family," Gentry said in a statement. "Every one of our coaches and players understands what Lauren and Jrue are going through, and they know we're behind them 100 percent. 

"We'll continue to do everything we can to support them and help them get through these hard times."

Doctors plan to perform Lauren's brain surgery about six weeks after the birth.