Chicago Bulls duo Ben Gordon and Luol Deng have been included in the Great Britain squad for the EuroBasket tournament later this year.

Gordon, who was born in London but grew up in New York, impressed governing body British Basketball with his attitude ahead of the naming of the 33-man squad. The women's squad has also been named.

Ron Wuotila, British Basketball Performance Manager, said: "He has been very positive about playing and we are going to meet with him again, in Chicago, within the next two weeks.

"The prospects are bright for our senior teams this summer due to the talent included on these squad lists.

"There are a number of younger players on the list who can contribute in the near-term and are embarking on a 10-15 year career that will ideally include years of British representation."

Great Britain men's head coach Chris Finch added: "Each summer one of our goals is to continually attract and involve GB's finest players. On this list we have certainly targeted our best-ever group.

Our challenge now is to identify the best 12-14 players who will give us a shot at winning through to Poland 2009. And, as ever, our success will be largely influenced by the commitment these outstanding players make to the program."

In the women's squad is former WNBA player Megan Moody, who was one of Great Britain's star performers from last summer's successful campaign.

Head coach Mark Clark is delighted with the additional names which have been added to the mix.

"I am excited about the prospect of working with the players from this group," he said.

"The depth of available talent is clearly moving in the right direction and gives us the opportunity to continue to develop the GB Programme to the levels required to compete at the highest levels of international basketball.

"This initial squad has a balance of experienced and young players with great potential.

"The players on this list are aware that to compete at 'A' Division level we will need to step up our level of performance and I am confident that whoever is ultimately selected for this summers team is capable of rising to that challenge.

The squads will be whittled down to between 15 and 20 players apiece for camps this summer.

Men's squad:

Forwards: Kieron Achara, Robert Archibald, Matthew Bryan-Amaning, Dante Cunningham, Luol Deng, Ben Eaves, Joel Freeland, Nick George, Ashley Hamilton, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Ryan Richards, Chris Sanders, Andrew Sullivan, Shane Walker

Centres: Mike Bernard, Andy Betts, Eric Boateng, Daniel Clark, Chris Haslam

Guards: Flinder Boyd, Germayne Forbes, Ben Gordon, Paul Guede, Matt Guymon, Steven Hansell, Jarrett Hart, James Jones, Mike Lenzly, Steve Leven, Richard Midgley, Nate Reinking, Justin Robinson, Yorick Williams

Women's squad

Forwards: Kim Butler, Kate Butters, Laura Calder, Josette Campbell, Louise Gamman, Meagan Hoffman, Kristy Lavin, Rosalee Mason, Megan Moody, Helen Naylor, Sarah Naylor, Julie Page, Azania Stewart

Centres: Arek Deng, Sarah McKay,

Guards: Joanna Claydon, Stef Collins, Chantelle Handy, Lisa Hutchinson, Georgia Jones, Sally Kaznica, Johannah Leedham, Toni Newman, Siobhan Prior, Lauren Thomas Johnson, Harriett Yea

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