STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Multiple criminal charges were dropped Monday against former NBA guard Ben Gordon, who was arrested in 2023 after authorities say he began behaving erratically in a Connecticut juice shop. The weapons and threatening charges the basketball star had faced will now be erased from his record. His lawyer, Darnell Crosland, said Gordon has been dedicated to making progress with his mental health issues since the arrest. “I am blessed to have been his lawyer.”Gordon was arrested at a Stamford juice shop on his 40th birthday, just hours after UConn won its fifth NCAA men’s basketball championship. The third overall pick in the 2004 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls, Gordon played 11 seasons in the league.