The Egyptian national team, featuring Nets training camp invite Patrick Yousef Gardner, will take on Lithuania in the FIBA World Cup from Manila Friday morning, Eastern Time.
Gardner, a native of Merrick, Long Island, has Egyptian roots — his mother is from Cairo and he spent summers in Egypt during high school. The big, who was listed at 6’11” at Marist but 7’1” by Egypt, has agreed to join the Nets on an Exhibit 10 contract.
He told Arab News earlier in the week that he has long been interested in playing for his mother’s homeland but didn’t think it was possible.