Indiana Basketball: Eric Gordon to participate in Team USA Minicamp
By Alec Lasley
Former Indiana basketball guard Eric Gordon was selected to participate in the Team USA minicamp in the fall.
After a terrific NBA postseason, former Indiana basketball guard Eric Gordon received an invite to participate in Team USA’s minicamp in the fall.
The minicamp will take place in August and eventually mold into the final roster that will represent Team USA in the FIBA World Cup in China.
ESPN Sources: Among additional players expected to join USA Basketball’s training camp in August on way to a roster spot in September’s FIBA World Cup in China: Bradley Beal, Eric Gordon, Kyle Kuzma, Damian Lillard, Brook Lopez, Kevin Love, CJ McCollum and Jayson Tatum.
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Gordon is coming off of a great year in which he averaged 16.2 points per game, and rose that number to 17.8 points per game in the postseason, which was second on the Houston Rockets.
In his 11-year career, Gordon has a 16.7 point per game average while shooting 37.4 percent from three.
Drafted seventh overall in the 2008 NBA Draft, Gordon has spent time with three different teams. After spending the past three seasons with the Rockets, however, there have been rumors swirling that he may be one of the roster pieces traded this offseason after bowing out to the Golden State Warriors for the second season in a row.
Gordon is one of the few Hoosiers who have had great success in the NBA over the past couple of years.
In his lone season at Indiana, he averaged 20.9 points on 43.3 percent shooting from the field.
In total, the 18 invitees will eventually be trimmed down to the 12-man official FIBA Team USA roster coached by San Antonio Spurs head coach, Gregg Popovich. The full FIBA competition will run from August 21-September 15.
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