British Basketball today announced the squad lists for the men’s and women’s EuroBasket campaigns later this year and Chicago Bulls and NBA star Ben Gordon is amongst the 33-man squad, which also includes his Bulls teammate and captain Luol Deng.

After initial talks with Gordon last December, British Basketball has been encouraged by the London-born guard’s attitude towards the campaign.

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."

Chris Finch, the Great Britain men’s head coach, 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 and unsurprisingly head coach Mark Clark is delighted with the additional names which have been added to the mix.

Clark said: “I am excited about the prospect of working with the players from this group. 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.”

15 to 20 players will be invited to camp this summer from the following squad lists:

Surname	Forename	Position	Current Club	Height
Achara	Kieron	Forward	Duquesne University	6'10"
Archibald	Robert	Forward	Azovmash	6'11"
Bernard	Mike	Centre	Eldo	6'9"
Betts	Andy	Centre	Cajasol	7'1"
Boateng	Eric	Centre	Arizona State University	6'10"
Boyd	Flinder	Guard	Rosalia	5'11"
Bryan-Amaning	Matthew	Forward	University of Washington	6'9"
Clark	Daniel	Centre	Leche Rio	6'11"
Cunningham	Dante	Forward	Villanova University	6'6"
Deng	Luol	Forward	Chicago Bulls	6'9"
Eaves	Ben	Forward	University of Rhode Island	6'7"
Forbes	Germayne	Guard	Boulazac	6'1"
Freeland	Joel	Forward	Gran Canaria	6'10"
George	Nick	Forward	Alicante	6'6"
Gordon	Ben	Guard	Chicago Bulls	6'2"
Guede	Paul	Guard	Tallahasse Community College	6'5"
Guymon	Matt	Guard	Oklahama City University	6'4"
Hamilton	Ashley	Forward	Gran Canaria	6'7"
Hansell	Steven	Guard	Apoel	6'4"
Hart	Jarrett	Guard	Keravnos	6'5"
Haslam	Chris	Centre	Everton Tigers	6'10"
Jones	James	Guard	Guildford Heat	6'4"
Lenzly	Mike	Guard	Mons Hainaut	6'3"
Leven	Steve	Guard	Newcastle Eagles	6'6"
Mensah-Bonsu	Pops	Forward	Benetton	6'9"
Midgley	Richard	Guard	Everton Tigers	6'3"
Reinking	Nate	Guard	Mons Hainaut	6'0"
Richards	Ryan	Forward	Gran Canaria	6'9"
Robinson	Justin	Guard	Rider University	6'2"
Sanders	Chris	Forward	Gothia Basket	6'8"
Sullivan	Andrew	Forward	Mons Hainaut	6'8"
Walker	Shane	Forward	University of Maryland	6'10"
Williams	Yorick	Guard	Marshall MK Lions	6'4"

Surname	Forename	Position	Current Club	Height
Butler	Kim	Forward	Unattached	6'1"
Butters	Kate	Forward	Nottingham Wildcats	5'10"
Claydon	Joanna	Guard	Manchester Mystics	5'10"
Calder	Laura	Forward	Team Northumbria
Campbell	Josette	Forward	Notre Dame Academy	6'0"
Collins	Stef	Guard	UWIC Archers	5'6"
Deng	Arek	Centre	Sevenoaks Suns	6'3"
Gamman	Louise	Forward	San Bonifacio	6'0"
Handy	Chantelle	Guard	Marshall University	6'3"
Hoffman	Meagan	Forward	Alvargomez	6'0"
Hutchinson	Lisa	Guard	Sheffield Hatters	5'8"
Jones	Georgia	Guard	Manchester Mystics	5'7"
Kaznica	Sally	Guard	Rhondda Rebels	5'9"
Lavin	Kristy	Forward	Caja Rural Verona Norte	5'11"
Leedham	Johannah	Guard	Franklin Pierce University	5'10"
Luckhurst	Nikki	Guard	Tulane University	5'8"
Mason	Rosalee	Guard/Forward	Chieti	5'11"
McKay	Sarah	Centre	Cadi La Seu	6'7"
Moody	Megan	Guard/Forward	Cadi La Seu	6'2"
Naylor	Helen	Forward	Sheffield Hatters	5'11"
Naylor	Sarah	Forward	Sheffield Hatters	6'0"
Newman	Toni	Guard	Cal Poly-SLO University	5'10"
Page	Julie	Forward	Saarlouis	6'2"
Prior	Siobhan	Guard	Loyola College (MD)
Stewart	Azania	Forward	Notre Dame Academy	6'4"
Thomas Johnson	Lauren	Guard	Kirkwood Community College	5'10"
Yea	Harriett