Mar 102014
 
Andray Blatche of the New Jersey Brooklyn Nets and seen here on a 2013 invite to his birthday bash is reported to have asked to be naturalized as a Filipino citizen.

Andray Blatche of the New Jersey Brooklyn Nets and seen here on a 2013 invite to his birthday bash is reported to have asked to be naturalized as a Filipino citizen.

MANILA (Mabuhay) – The house committee on justice approved Marikina representative Robbie Puno’s House Bill 3783, for the naturalization of Brooklyn Nets big man Andray Blatche.

The committee approved the bill though, subject to the condition that Blatche appears before a Philippine consulate to express his intent to be a Filipino citizen. Blatche is also expected to answer questions to be forwarded to the consulate by the Committee on Justice.

Meanwhile, Puno withdrew a similar bill filed for the naturalization of JaVale McGee. The Denver Nuggets center is out indefinitely with a fractured tibia. (MNS)