.jpg) Maker with the Detroit Pistons in 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 2 – Rio Grande Valley Vipers | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Center / power forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | NBA G League | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 February 1997 Wau, Sudan (now South Sudan) | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | South Sudanese / Australian[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 221 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2016: 1st round, 10th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2016–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Milwaukee Bucks | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Detroit Pistons | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Cleveland Cavaliers | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Hapoel Jerusalem | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Long Island Nets | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Fujian Sturgeons | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Al Riyadi Beirut | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | Rio Grande Valley Vipers | ||||||||||||||
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| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Thon Marial Maker (born 25 February 1997) is a South Sudanese-Australian[2] professional basketball player for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA G League. He attended high school at Orangeville District Secondary School and played basketball for Canada's Athlete Institute. He was picked 10th overall in the 2016 NBA draft, and played for three different NBA teams between 2016 and 2021.
- ^ Cohen, Ben (29 January 2017). "Trump refugee ban: Sudanese-born NBA stars could be affected by US travel restrictions". TheAustralian.com.au. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
Maker and Los Angeles Lakers forward Luol Deng were born in what is now South Sudan. They both hold dual nationalities — Maker is Australian and Deng is British.
- ^ Cox, Kearyn (25 June 2016). "NBA Draft: Thon Maker's journey from South Sudan to Milwaukee Bucks shaped in Perth". ABC.net.au. Retrieved 4 July 2017.