![]() Maker with the Detroit Pistons in 2019 | |||||||||||||||
No. 2 – Al Riyadi Club Beirut | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Center / Power forward | ||||||||||||||
League | LBL | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Wau, Sudan (now South Sudan) | 25 February 1997||||||||||||||
Nationality | South Sudanese / Australian[1] | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 213 cm (7 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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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–present | Al Riyadi Beirut | ||||||||||||||
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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Thon Marial Maker (born 25 February 1997) is a South Sudanese-Australian[2] professional basketball player for Al Riyadi Club Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League (LBL). 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.
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.
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