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It’s been five years since Jordan Baker starred with the University of Alberta Golden Bears basketball team, but he is still considered one of the best players to come out of Edmonton.

Now with the emergence of the Canadian Elite Basketball League, Baker has an opportunity to play professionally with the Edmonton Stingers and expand on his legacy.

Baker, 27, spent three years playing professionally in Europe before returning home to work as an assistant with the Golden Bears. As the most notable local player on the Stingers roster, he’ll likely become the face of the franchise early on as they try to establish themselves in the local sports landscape.

“I’ll always be a Golden Bear,” Baker smiled as the Sting introduced their roster Wednesday. “It’s been a few years since I played basketball in Edmonton at a level that wasn’t men’s league or three-on-three or things like that. It is exciting and I’m excited for people to be able to come out and see me five years removed from the Golden Bears now having a few years of professional basketball under my belt.