Ben Gordon is vowing to play for Great Britain next summer.

Gordon, who was born in London, passed on playing for Britain at this summer's World Championships as he rehabs following offseason ankle surgery.

"I moved to New York when I was 10 months old," he said. "I would visit every summer when I was younger to visit my dad. But when I started to play competitively, I stopped coming, because summer's the time when you get better."

Jerry Colangelo announced that 13 of the previous 15 finalists selected for the USA World Championship Team would continue on to the USA team's next training site of Madrid, Spain.

The 13 finalists for the USA World Championship Team are: Chauncey Billups (Denver Nuggets); Tyson Chandler (Dallas Mavericks); Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors); Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder); Rudy Gay (Memphis Grizzlies); Eric Gordon (Los Angeles Clippers); Danny Granger (Indiana Pacers); Andre Iguodala (Philadelphia 76ers); Kevin Love (Minnesota Timberwolves); Lamar Odom (Los Angeles Lakers); Rajon Rondo (Boston Celtics); Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls); and Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder).