Luis Fernando "Trikz" Da Silva Jr. (born August 3, 1982) is an
American actor, basketball player, author, and producer. He gained
fame after headlining the 2001 Nike Freestyle ad campaign.In a 2001
episode of This American Life, Da Silva was the first streetball
athlete to be signed to an advertising contract by Nike. He performed
with Alicia Keys in 2001 in New York City's Niketown while promoting
the well known Nike campaign. He was subsequently mentioned in Scoop
Jackson’s main division, titled Sole Provider, which recognized the
best of Nike’s 35-year chronicle. In 2003, Da Silva was the youngest
player signed to the Harlem Wizards Show basketball team.Midway Games
offered Da Silva a lead in the newly developed video game, L.A. Rush,
which sold 1 million units internationally. He has also worked with
Midway performing the video game motion capturing for NBA Ballers, NBA
Ballers: Phenom, NBA Ballers: Chosen One, NBA 2K8, NBA 2K9 and AND 1
Streetball video games. He has been featured in magazines SLAM and
DIME and on the front page of The Wall Street Journal and the cover of
TIME overseas.
American actor, basketball player, author, and producer. He gained
fame after headlining the 2001 Nike Freestyle ad campaign.In a 2001
episode of This American Life, Da Silva was the first streetball
athlete to be signed to an advertising contract by Nike. He performed
with Alicia Keys in 2001 in New York City's Niketown while promoting
the well known Nike campaign. He was subsequently mentioned in Scoop
Jackson’s main division, titled Sole Provider, which recognized the
best of Nike’s 35-year chronicle. In 2003, Da Silva was the youngest
player signed to the Harlem Wizards Show basketball team.Midway Games
offered Da Silva a lead in the newly developed video game, L.A. Rush,
which sold 1 million units internationally. He has also worked with
Midway performing the video game motion capturing for NBA Ballers, NBA
Ballers: Phenom, NBA Ballers: Chosen One, NBA 2K8, NBA 2K9 and AND 1
Streetball video games. He has been featured in magazines SLAM and
DIME and on the front page of The Wall Street Journal and the cover of
TIME overseas.
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