Ben Gordon

On being a citizen of the U.S. and Great Britain

I was born in London but was only there for a year [before moving to Mount Vernon, N.Y.]. I've carried both my British and my American passports since high school. I thought it'd be cool to have dual citizenship.

On his favorite English custom

In my household we drank at least four cups of tea a day. In addition to [my family's] accents, tea drinking was something I was always around as a kid.

On the prospect of playing for England in the 2012 Summer Games in London

I'd definitely consider it, being that Luol [Deng, who is also a British citizen] and I are Bulls teammates and friends. Luol's laying the groundwork, recruiting. Hopefully with his name and my name we can get some talent to come out for the team.

On Bulls fans

The thing that stands out is that no matter how bad we were playing my first season, we always had support. My first couple of home games, I didn't think anything of it. I was just like, O.K., this is the pros. But when we went on the road, I would look in the stands in certain arenas, and there were like 100 people. I thought, Well, we're not playing much better than they are, but our arena is always packed.

On being drafted third overall out of UConn by the Bulls

Before the draft I thought I would go anywhere from seventh to 12th. Then on draft night, people were saying 20 years ago this day, Michael Jordan was drafted by the Bulls and he was the third pick just like me. It was all kinda weird.