Thon Maker
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Maker at the 2016 NBA Summer League
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| No. 7 – Milwaukee Bucks | |
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| Position | Power forward / Center |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
25 February 1997 Wau, Sudan (now South Sudan) |
| Nationality | Australian / Sudanese |
| Listed height | 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) |
| Listed weight | 223 lb (101 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Carlisle School (Martinsville, Virginia) Orangeville Prep (Orangeville, Ontario) |
| NBA draft | 2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10th overall |
| Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks | |
| Playing career | 2016–present |
| Career history | |
| 2016–present | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Thon Marial Maker (born 25 February 1997) is a South Sudanese-Australian professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He attended high school at Orangeville District Secondary School and played basketball for Canada's Athlete Institute. Coming out of high school, Maker was considered a five-star recruit by most basketball recruiting services.
Maker was born in Wau, a city located in what is now South Sudan. His uncle, a local administrator, arranged for Maker, his younger brother, Matur, and his aunt to escape the civil war to Uganda when Maker was five. From there, they were accepted as refugees by Australia; they then moved to Perth, Western Australia, where the family eventually settled down.
When he was 14, Maker was discovered playing soccer in the Perth suburb of Mirrabooka, by Edward Smith, an Australian of African-American heritage who helps children from migrant backgrounds receive opportunities they otherwise wouldn't get. Smith had previously helped fellow Sudanese immigrants Ater Majok and Mathiang Muo, now both professional basketball players. Smith offered his aunt to feed, clothe and educate Maker in Sydney where Maker played basketball for the St. George Basketball Association during 2011. Just before the team's playoffs, Maker and Smith left to attend a talent camp in Texas.
Once in the United States, Maker attended two schools in Louisiana, including Metairie Park Country Day School, before finally settling down at Carlisle School in Martinsville, Virginia. During his freshman and sophomore years playing for Carlisle's varsity team, Maker averaged 22.2 points, 13.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.4 steals and 4.5 blocks over a total of 53 games. As a sophomore, he earned 2013–14 Gatorade Virginia Boys Basketball Player of the Year honours after leading Carlisle to a state championship.
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