Tommy Baker captivates his audience as he performs his basketball freestyle show at live events all over the world. The following pages will take you on a whistle stop tour of the publicity gathered at some of these events, with photo's & video footage included. This blog page is updated at least once a week, so come back to see the latest news on where Tommy has been performing. You can also see where Tommy will be appearing next...

February 2008 - NBA All-Star Weekend In New Orleans

The NBA All-Star weekend provided Tommy with the biggest stage of his basketball career so far. The NBA used Tommy’s basketball tricks and performances to entertain the many thousands of fans that came into ‘The Jam Session’.

The NBA Jam Session is a major event for the fans during the All-Star weekend enabling them to participate in basketball activities as well being a spectator. Below are a few live clips from the many shows that Tommy performed over the weekend, and a few photo’s of some of the celebrates that Tommy crossed paths with at the event.

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Tommy meets with Chris Tucker (above left) from the ‘Rush Hour’ movies at the ‘NBA Jam Session. Tommy also came across Jason Kapono (above right) who had just set a new world record for the most amount of 3 point scores in two minutes. This followed his landslide victory in the NBA Footlocker Shootout the night before at ‘All-Star Saturday Night’, when he equaled the NBA record in his final round with 25 points.

Here is an unedited clip from one of Tommy’s many performances over the All-Star Weekend at ‘Jam Session’.  If the video stops and starts then put it on ‘pause’ for a minute and let it load first.

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Tommy made a great friend with New York Legend ‘Jack Ryan’ aka ‘Black Jack’. Jack is a great basketball entertainer with a powerful life’s story that has been bought by Fox and is currently being made into a movie. Watch out for more from Jack Ryan…

February 2008 - Street Godz Competition

Tommy wins his second Street Godz competition as the new Nike Jordan ‘23′ shoes are released for sale.

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‘The Professor’ (above left) from the ‘And1′ streetball team watches as Tommy wins his second Street Godz competition.

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Tommy warms up with Jason ‘Shadow’ Gibbons (pictured left) and then meets with Raphael Edwards from Street Godz after winning the competition.

Tommy Baker - Fitness with James Marshall from Excelsior

Tommy’s strength and conditioning is closely associated with James Marshall from Excelsior www.excelsiorgroup.co.uk

James Marshall (pictured below) has helped Tommy to reach his strength and fitness goals. In order to maximize his potential Tommy has had effective advice on his diet, rest and training schedule.

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To see and read the latest news on fitness and conditioning visit the training blog below:

http://excelsiorgroup.blogspot.com/