How BAD Was Thon Maker Actually?
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
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Today we cover the rise, fall, and controversy behind the complicated Thon Maker story.
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You guys would be fools to bet against him making a comeback. Trust me, I've known Thon for the last 36 years, the kid is unstoppable.
36 years? You talking about his rookie season?
😭😭
At 42 he'll probably be the next Jordan
Foreman became a champion when he came back to boxing at 40 yrs old. Thon maker can do it too.
Man, idk if this is a typo or you just roasting, but dude only 26. 🤣
EDIT: BRO IS 33!? WHY IS THIS DUDE OLDER THAN ME 🤣🤣🤣
I saw a guy in a Lakers online forum kept trolling that Lakers should use their 2016 pick for Thon Maker for months. LOL
Thank god that aint happen
7’1 broke bam adebayos ankles 🤣🤣
@@spiritofzyzz283 in high school when he was 25 years old lmao
@@AirBender2
OP never said he was a good basketball player nor better than Maker. Grow up.
Me personally, I've always blamed the mixtape culture that's prevalent in today's basketball landscape and the exposure that comes with it. You have these 15-18 year old prospects getting superstar treatment from their highlight reels and some making money off of it, and it's doing more damage to their future than it is supplementing it. It gives these kids a false sense of reality, thinking that they're better than they actually are, only to come into the league and realize that they aren't that good. Alot of these kids are talented, but can't play basketball if that makes sense. Thon Maker was an earlier example of that.
Fax💯
An interesting concept
He can play just not nba level
Funner way of explaining your last couple lines. Basically mixtapes make some of these guys look like the scariest thing in the ocean like a shark when they're just big fish in little ponds.
@@swishcountyproductions not a concept. But a simple explanation of development or lack of, in your position. Aka, joining the league too early without mastering your fundamentals.
I have a picture with Thon outside of Chilis at the Milwaukee airport! He was such a nice guy!
I was a big fan of Thon's potential and was excited about him in his Rookie year. Unfortunately he just didn't have the physical frame body type necessary to put the muscle he needed to advance his career.
No he just wasn’t good. KD is rail thin and is an all time great
@@harrissr.615 except against the nuggets
@@loafnjug2185 KD has more rings and finals appearances than the Nuggets 🤦🏿♂️
@@Darealmenxce Riding Curry's coat tails. xD
@@page8301 that is true 😂😭
I hope we’ll never see a video “How BAD Was Victor Wembanyama Actually?” on this channel 😂
Fr😂
Lol stop hating on Wemby
@@juniorbeckham2928 not hating on him at all. that’s why I hope there’ll never be a reason to make a “how bad” about him. but there’s a lot of hype to live up to for Wemby for sure.
@@FlyWithMe_666 Fair enough
The media is gonna make this happen
A nba 2k16 and 2k17 legend, Hall of Famer and Mvp
I know he was like a million years old but Thon was a force in highschool. His athleticism for his size was elite to the point that if he was picked up as an actual 15/16 year old like guys like Embid and Hakeem then who knows, maybe he could have been a big star.
looool
he shoulda went to college
I think if he stayed 4 more years in 12th grade he could've been the goat
@@dark3rthanshadows
What's so funny? If he actually started playing basketball as a 18 yr old, as it's shown at 7:57, it's not a stretch to say he could've been better had he started earlier.
@@robertmetcalf6658 I agree. I don't understand why he rushed it. Dominating in highschool is good, but even then, prospects are still diamonds in the rough. Overseas or college is a better test and source of development
How wrong was I on Thon Maker? I thought Giannis would be a great sidekick for Thon 🤦🏿♂️. Yes I was THAT wrong.
dayum.
He just did not develop at all after making the league, physically or skill wise. The age thing is inescapable as a 23 year old is going to have a much lower ceiling than an equally skilled 19, but Perhaps his work ethic also wasn’t as advertised. He didn’t do what he needed to to succeed. Then again he got $12 mill in the NBA and is still getting paid in China. For a former refugee he’s done quite well for himself
Thon did what he had to do to provide for his family as anyone would and regardless of his age he had the size and skill to play in the NBA salute to Thon wish he was still in the league
Everyone doesn't resort to fraud to provide abundant wealth for their family.
@@adamprice3466relax kid
He has the skill to be a bench warmer
@@adamprice3466 escaping civil war and having to flee to a different country with little to nothing I doubt it would just be easy for his family to develop stable income for years to come without the opportunity his basketball career provided
@@abaofifsz even if he’s bench warmer it’s good enough to be in the NBA you’re being a hater
He shouldn't have ever demanded a trade. That's such a bad look for someone with a question mark. Just the worst move he coulda made. Probably sealed his fate
Eh markelle did and he’s made a comeback
@@luiscrawford-rosado991 he was fortunate Orlando was in a long-term rebuild process cuz any other team that's heavily dysfunctional woulda did him dirty
@@luiscrawford-rosado991 ad a #1 overall pick tho so he had pull
@@mxhughes and Detroit wasn’t? (I don’t remember to be fair)
Most likely his agent was being greedy
Thin maker is a 2k legend
Facts !!! 😂
I can't believe how thon turned out, i was so hopeful he'd blossom into a superstar
You can't just stretch out KD and magically get a good player.
Victor Wenbamyama has entered the chat
@@danielelez4863 we don’t know if he’ll be great either. Kid hasn’t played not one game in the league
@@harrissr.615 He's averaging 20 10 and 3 in Europe at 19. Nobody averages those numbers at any age in Europe
@@danielelez4863 Just another "Next KD" listen i love Wemby but all this hype is crazy. We know when he gets in the NBA won't be like that. How many unicorns will it take for people to understand it's not just size! look at Tacko fall dominated G league but could never make it. and Bol Bol is another one strugling.
@@dark3rthanshadows tacko fall cant shoot and is too slow for the modern game & only reason bol bol began his career struggling is because he was drafted to a team with mvp level big plus hes prospering on the magic rn these arent fair comparisons
You're one of my new favorite basketball content youtubers to watch! Keep up quality videos, bro! Cheers
Preciate that a ton man 🤘
Thon fought all of Philippines on his own. He will always have my respect.
Brother, I've now seen a few of your videos... your breakdowns are really good. Very glad I've subscribed.
The one thing I remember about Thon maker is how Westbrook absolutely bodied him 😂. One of my favorite Russ highlights
The one thing I remember about Thon Maker is....................whe the EFF is Thon Maker?
I don’t remember what 2K it was but Maker was a block machine in it.
I remember I keep putting Maker in my lineup online because he is fast enough to beat slow center to the other side of the court. He fast as a center 😅
18, best quick game. Giannis and maker in the lineup was crazy maker could shoot too
@@dree35 they were good online in 2k17
@malo6411 quick game was ass in 17
@@dree35 17 was nice 18 was when 2k went downhill and hasn’t recovered ever since
he should've tried on sf as crazy as it seems
Too slow lateral but that wingspan n height could of bailed him out
@@zaydagoat6952 Yeah no.
Thon, Tacko, Bol, and Bamba, height doesn’t always mean dominance
@@grayson7844 You don't see much of him because hes dogshit
@@grayson7844 yeah bol bol is a nice person but he is not nba caliber. If he was 4 inches shorter & not the son of an nba legend he would not be in the league whatsoever. Dude has no basketball IQ and sucks on defense for someone of his height.
Here's a lesson. Lie about your age for the draft, earn millions of dollars, buy some assets that increase in price, retire.
Pretty important detail to achieve this:
Be 7ft Tall and good enough to dominate top tier Highschool level basketball
Unfortunately this guy went into my Footlocker and no one recognized him. He asked if we had any bucks hats. I did recognize him however I don’t like to bug people like that.
Congrats on the sponsor! Another banger video
When will we see Nikoloz Tskitishvili?
biggest bust in 02
I'll agree. I honestly think if he played in today's game it would have been different for him. Not all star or anything, but he averaged 8 ppg and 5 rpg what Kevin Love is averaging right now. Just his whole career.
Bad? This guy was a 2k god
on me
dope video i was actually thinking about this dude and saw your video lol great work!
As a detroit fan, i use thon maker as evidence that 1) many people in the media can’t assess talent well 2) nba teams commonly listen to said people
3.) you can be 35 years old pretending to be a a 19 year old rookie.
@@alexnguyen1284 🤣🤣🤣
Who to blame? THE MIXTAPE CULTURE!! Who are always overhyping young players over and over again.
People making comparisons with Wemby are insane, Wemby was dominating guys in their mid 18s as an 18 year old (with verified birth papers), Thon was in his mid 20s dominating 18 year olds in high school
Is it a fact Thon was in his 20s
The thon maker age “””””debate””””” was the first time I realized that either A) the “experts” are lying to me because they think I’m stupid, or, more likely, B) they are actually stupid themselves.
I remember the Mike Korzemba video about him.
Great channel. Glad we have someone like you making hoop content.
Glad you enjoyed brotha
@@swishcountyproductions Well Thon Maker made it to the NBA & ure here making YT videos abt someone to gain views... Guess we know how bad who is..
His 2k17 tho
Oh man I had completely forgotten about this guy, he was surrounded by a ton of hype around the time he was playing.
Yes, that's what the video is about lol
Bro makes the BEST nba and basketball videos out there, you deserve way more than 13k, keep it up man🙌
Preciate that a ton G
He was in bad franchises with bad coaches on both opportunities he needed better coaching that would’ve been willing to use him as a SF-PF like a more athletic Bobby portis the was the bucks use him now ironically with giannis
Who cares about his career. He accomplished his plan. Finessed for millions and made it out
He got the bag and is set for life unless he made bad financial decisions.
Long story short he thought the grass was greener on the other side. He should have stayed on the bucks
Giannis became everything Thon was suppose to be!
giannis got into the nba as a 18 year old. Thon got into the nba as a 29 year old pretending to be a 19 year old.
All these unicorn stories damn
Say what you sill but this dude was paid 12mil to play basketball over 5 years.
Thon was solid at the bucks. But detroit ruined him and after his ankle injury on a contract year he was done.
He is in china averaging a double double trying to make it back to the league
Hopefully he makes a comeback
Please make a Tacko Fall , Boban & Bol Bol vid cause these big man disappeared
I had to guard him from nice in high school. I’m 6’3. I made the business decision to foul out before the end of the first quarter lool
Victor wembanyamas floor is thon maker
This one hurts I really had high hopes for him
Thing is that he scammed his way into the NBA and at even the rookie minimum that gets him at least around 1 mil per year.
Peep the guy airballing at 5:25🤣🤣
This is the guy I think of when they talk about this next number one pick in the draft.
Biggest highlight of thons career is him drop kicking in that brawl
And it Missed
His biggest highlight was being put on a poster by Russ lol
I mean: I never saw the dude make a SINGLE Thon.
what nobody is talking about is if he tapped any chicks at school mofo needs cops called on his ass!
Thon's 2022-23 Season Highlights: ua-cam.com/video/QdBaY4NSnPA/v-deo.html
Plz a Gerald Henderson Jr vid 🙏
Bro I would love this video
@@christophermartinez2786 Frr 🔥
Ur persistent lol I’ll get to it in the future
@@swishcountyproductions MY GUY 👑
Can you make how bad was JOEL ANTHONY?
A video like this can be made about an NBA player and that player would still be able dog 85% of people who watch it in a game. Kinda funny just how good professional athletes truly are compared to "average" people
You gonna be making a video like this about Wemby one day. Im calling it
2k17 thon maker was a BEAST
2k18 thon maker was a bucket
Given that big guys are rated on potential instead of ability, the elite hs bigs almost always are busts. They assume every coordinated big will develop a shot and basketball iq in the league. Rarely happens
Every video of him before he was drafted was of him going up against prep school kids who were 12-18 inches shorter than him, except for videos from the draft combine where he was getting worked over by Skal Labissiere. He was a projected late 1st/early 2nd round pick and the Bucks thought they were being clever.
If you're the bucks
And you struck gold with Giannis
You'll take the chance again lol
You sound like Spiderman bro lol I love it
What I realised about his Weakness, is only his self Image.
He just needs encouragement and real life experience to bring out his Best.
" I know it's not true, and if it were true..." that kind of response is always a red flag
I thought Thon was up next smh
No f***** way burh did i just hear a 18 year old eighth grader 😮😮😮😮
Not really a conspiracy when there's hard evidence of his middle school and highschool class photos posted online lmao. As soon as that story dropped I knew he was going to be a giant fucking bust. People online and on reddit didn't wanna hear it though.
75% of America never logs onto social media. Meaning for every player with a fire mixtape. There is a player with equal or more talent you haven’t seen. So when those players meet eventually in the NBA some of these players are caught off guard.
Thon received inconsistent minutes upon his departure from the Milwaukee Bucks. Thon's style of play & experience since his time away from the league will have prepared him to sign with a contender looking for a versatile 3 & D forward that can start at SF/PF or help run the second unit. Thon Maker also has Family member's in Makur Maker & Matur Maker who are also league ready. Keep a close eye on NBA's teams expressing interest in the Maker Family in the coming months.
I was never sold on him, I dont know why the media ket trying to push the narrative like he was gonna be a difference maker. There a slew of other rookie big men that everyone is slobbering over and you'll see none of them will pan out either.
I just think the bucks are to blame here. Firstly, they drafted a 7'0 player who has no physicals. Then move him to an even more physical necessary role in C. I mean, they didn't need another PF. they needed some shooting. They saw Maker as a size option and a shooting option, but they forgot that there is a loaded positional role on their team at the time.
the bucks are not to blame. Thon literally was not good at any position both offensively and defensively in the nba. The nba is another monster. Thon was dominating high school kids as a 28 year old adult. When up against other adults that are more skilled he showed his real age, 40.
Omg 😂 I totally forgot about this guy
He didn't actually develop skills to actually play a position he was like good at a couple things from each position but it didn't translate into him actually being able to play at the NBA level
I love Thon. I always put him on my 2k teams!
At least he didn't look like he was 40 when he was drafted like Greg Oden.
He's so bad even his punch throwing was so trash 😂
Well, at least when he didn't make it big in basketball, he was able to go back to making thons.
His attempted flying kick at the Philippines - Australia brawl is also bad so yeah!
Thon looks aggressively Sudanese
hype culture is to blame,scouts too. they focus on the trends not on the actual value. they focus so much on finding me the next this or that, they forgot what to focus on. Fundamentals and mentality, also basic analysis. Dirk for example bodied scottie pippen when he wasnt even in the nba, but he didnt have that much hype coming into the league but you know he was a good player just by him playing in his first ten games.
That dude wasnt 19 ..
This happens all the time in soccer with players lying about age
Baseball as well.
Lot of this sounds Victor Wembanyama ish, idk...
he understood the concept of opportunity cost
That sound very similar
Autograph not even worth the marker that was used for it 😩😂
Where is he now?
Should’ve Never Asked For A Trade From The Bucks
Good content my dude
Issue was bro was secretly 15 years older
Thon was like 30 when he got drafted. Was 23 playing kids in high school
As a bucks fan he was so frustrating to watch. Same with DJ and Jabari
Could it be as simple as in Australia we call highschool till gr 10 and 11-12 are mostly a different school known as college so we " graduate" at 16 and college at 18?
It could be. However it's also not unknown for athletes from some places to lie about their age. There' a reason Nigeria has five u17 World Cups but have never even made the semifinals in the actual World Cup.
EDIT: In the videos it's said that Thon graduated from a "college" in Australia at 18. So basically he finished through grade 12 in Australia and then came to the US to go grade 8-12 again.
@@BiggieTrismegistus highschools finishing in gr 12 are often still called blah blah college but I think your right
Him and his brother and his cousin - absolute fools gold.
The Silver Thon Maker my team card was goated
I remember the old Thon Maker vs Skal Labissiere talks. They both kind of sucked in the end.
That they did
Bust but had potential