NBA: DENG and GORDON Get Call
Published 4/2/2008 by Alby Jnr at Bleacher Report - NBA
L uol Deng and Ben Gordon, the Chicago Bulls stars, were named in the 33-man squad for Great Britain's European Championship qualifying matches. Gordon who represented the USA in the Pan American Games in 2003, was born in London and is eligible to play for Great Britain. However, he remains undecided whether to play in the qualifying games against Israel, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Czech Republic in September, the finals are in Poland next year. Gordon is scheduled to hold talks with officials this coming month.
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