How BAD Was Thon Maker Actually?

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Today we cover the rise, fall, and controversy behind the complicated Thon Maker story.
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@swishcountyproductions Год назад

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@pear-head Год назад

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.

@PeteringYT Год назад

36 years? You talking about his rookie season?

@jadentesai Год назад

😭😭

@johnmcaulay8448 Год назад

At 42 he'll probably be the next Jordan

@3X0SK3L3TON Год назад

Foreman became a champion when he came back to boxing at 40 yrs old. Thon maker can do it too.

@cbreezy Год назад

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 🤣🤣🤣

@YuShawStang Год назад

I saw a guy in a Lakers online forum kept trolling that Lakers should use their 2016 pick for Thon Maker for months. LOL

@zaydagoat6952 Год назад

Thank god that aint happen

@spiritofzyzz283 Год назад

7’1 broke bam adebayos ankles 🤣🤣

@niqowyd Год назад

@@spiritofzyzz283 in high school when he was 25 years old lmao

@calamorta Год назад

@@AirBender2 OP never said he was a good basketball player nor better than Maker. Grow up.

@jerrypastrana8176 Год назад

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.

@kingclebo Год назад

Fax💯

@swishcountyproductions Год назад

An interesting concept

@KentonIGuess Год назад

He can play just not nba level

@JosephGrant-gg8db Год назад

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.

@trcs3079 Год назад

@@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.

@tylerstroynynetwork Год назад

I have a picture with Thon outside of Chilis at the Milwaukee airport! He was such a nice guy!

@FlyWithMe_666 Год назад

I hope we’ll never see a video “How BAD Was Victor Wembanyama Actually?” on this channel 😂

@darkest64 Год назад

Fr😂

@juniorbeckham2928 Год назад

Lol stop hating on Wemby

@FlyWithMe_666 Год назад

@@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.

@juniorbeckham2928 Год назад

@@FlyWithMe_666 Fair enough

@TheAceKannon Год назад

The media is gonna make this happen

@speachless88 Год назад

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.

@harrissr.615 Год назад

No he just wasn’t good. KD is rail thin and is an all time great

@loafnjug2185 Год назад

@@harrissr.615 except against the nuggets

@Darealmenxce Год назад

@@loafnjug2185 KD has more rings and finals appearances than the Nuggets 🤦🏿‍♂️

@page8301 Год назад

@@Darealmenxce Riding Curry's coat tails. xD

@Darealmenxce Год назад

@@page8301 that is true 😂😭

@s.m.9086 Год назад

A nba 2k16 and 2k17 legend, Hall of Famer and Mvp

@SonnyK248 Год назад

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.

@dark3rthanshadows Год назад

looool

@robertmetcalf6658 Год назад

he shoulda went to college

@zureai Год назад

I think if he stayed 4 more years in 12th grade he could've been the goat

@calamorta Год назад

@@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.

@d1r3wolf8 Год назад

@@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

@VioletDiGiacomo-gi4rv Год назад

Thin maker is a 2k legend

@lilty6619 Год назад

Facts !!! 😂

@Anonymous-ox5dk Год назад

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

@adamprice3466 Год назад

Everyone doesn't resort to fraud to provide abundant wealth for their family.

@Grind2Excellence Год назад

@@adamprice3466relax kid

@abaofifsz Год назад

He has the skill to be a bench warmer

@Anonymous-ox5dk Год назад

@@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

@Anonymous-ox5dk Год назад

@@abaofifsz even if he’s bench warmer it’s good enough to be in the NBA you’re being a hater

@Watchingvideoslikeu Год назад

How wrong was I on Thon Maker? I thought Giannis would be a great sidekick for Thon 🤦🏿‍♂️. Yes I was THAT wrong.

@2w0nGranTurismo Год назад

dayum.

@Bradleytosh Год назад

I can't believe how thon turned out, i was so hopeful he'd blossom into a superstar

@shawnleider Год назад

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

@luiscrawford-rosado991 Год назад

Eh markelle did and he’s made a comeback

@mxhughes Год назад

@@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

@RJTradess Год назад

@@luiscrawford-rosado991 ad a #1 overall pick tho so he had pull

@bandito241 Год назад

@@mxhughes and Detroit wasn’t? (I don’t remember to be fair)

@curiosityredpill7030 Год назад

Most likely his agent was being greedy

@andrewharvey3282 Год назад

You can't just stretch out KD and magically get a good player.

@danielelez4863 Год назад

Victor Wenbamyama has entered the chat

@harrissr.615 Год назад

@@danielelez4863 we don’t know if he’ll be great either. Kid hasn’t played not one game in the league

@danielelez4863 Год назад

@@harrissr.615 He's averaging 20 10 and 3 in Europe at 19. Nobody averages those numbers at any age in Europe

@dark3rthanshadows Год назад

@@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.

@sgmalick Год назад

@@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

@PenguinsFlyFar Год назад

You're one of my new favorite basketball content youtubers to watch! Keep up quality videos, bro! Cheers

@swishcountyproductions Год назад

Preciate that a ton man 🤘

@MurakamiFan Год назад

Thon fought all of Philippines on his own. He will always have my respect.

@joelmck Год назад

Brother, I've now seen a few of your videos... your breakdowns are really good. Very glad I've subscribed.

@blackhole5353. Год назад

The one thing I remember about Thon maker is how Westbrook absolutely bodied him 😂. One of my favorite Russ highlights

@eduardopena5893 Год назад

The one thing I remember about Thon Maker is....................whe the EFF is Thon Maker?

@knutthompson7879 Год назад

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

@strategicthinker8899 Год назад

Here's a lesson. Lie about your age for the draft, earn millions of dollars, buy some assets that increase in price, retire.

@OK-yy6qz Год назад

Pretty important detail to achieve this: Be 7ft Tall and good enough to dominate top tier Highschool level basketball

@benson_gumball634 Год назад

Congrats on the sponsor! Another banger video

@zachingram7522 Год назад

I don’t remember what 2K it was but Maker was a block machine in it.

@herotheancient1352 Год назад

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 😅

@dree35 Год назад

18, best quick game. Giannis and maker in the lineup was crazy maker could shoot too

@malo6411 Год назад

@@dree35 they were good online in 2k17

@dree35 Год назад

@malo6411 quick game was ass in 17

@malo6411 Год назад

@@dree35 17 was nice 18 was when 2k went downhill and hasn’t recovered ever since

@FupaDoncic Год назад

Thon, Tacko, Bol, and Bamba, height doesn’t always mean dominance

@johnappleseed6210 Год назад

@@grayson7844 You don't see much of him because hes dogshit

@alexnguyen1284 Год назад

@@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.

@banecolak Год назад

he should've tried on sf as crazy as it seems

@zaydagoat6952 Год назад

Too slow lateral but that wingspan n height could of bailed him out

@michaelhaydenbell Год назад

@@zaydagoat6952 Yeah no.

@Not_Mando Год назад

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.

@vbeard5887 Год назад

When will we see Nikoloz Tskitishvili?

@bornfrompainjb Год назад

biggest bust in 02

@vbeard5887 Год назад

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.

@onebadassmuffin Год назад

dope video i was actually thinking about this dude and saw your video lol great work!

@AdamKlownzinger Год назад

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.

@tycalvert6011 Год назад

I remember the Mike Korzemba video about him.

@Pinhead64 Год назад

Bad? This guy was a 2k god

@yoreharris2547 Год назад

on me

@Alex-cj1fm Год назад

Great channel. Glad we have someone like you making hoop content.

@swishcountyproductions Год назад

Glad you enjoyed brotha

@AirBender2 Год назад

@@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..

@evanbuchanan1006 Год назад

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

@alexnguyen1284 Год назад

3.) you can be 35 years old pretending to be a a 19 year old rookie.

@evanbuchanan1006 Год назад

@@alexnguyen1284 🤣🤣🤣

@mookiekashif Год назад

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

@treybourgeois2459 Год назад

Bro makes the BEST nba and basketball videos out there, you deserve way more than 13k, keep it up man🙌

@swishcountyproductions Год назад

Preciate that a ton G

@binfrozen Год назад

Long story short he thought the grass was greener on the other side. He should have stayed on the bucks

@ggbossman9194 Год назад

Giannis became everything Thon was suppose to be!

@alexnguyen1284 Год назад

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.

@juna61 Год назад

He got the bag and is set for life unless he made bad financial decisions.

@s7smith Год назад

Thon's 2022-23 Season Highlights: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QdBaY4NSnPA.html

@ihavenoname6724 Год назад

Oh man I had completely forgotten about this guy, he was surrounded by a ton of hype around the time he was playing.

@michaelhaydenbell Год назад

Yes, that's what the video is about lol

@highwayhero6930 Год назад

Who cares about his career. He accomplished his plan. Finessed for millions and made it out

@dark3rthanshadows Год назад

All these unicorn stories damn

@elmztana1201 Год назад

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

@nicksnider5740 Год назад

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

@jtaco4101 Год назад

Say what you sill but this dude was paid 12mil to play basketball over 5 years.

@jacewyatt8734 Год назад

His 2k17 tho

@mikeverderosa3601 Год назад

This one hurts I really had high hopes for him

@williamgullett5911 Год назад

This is the guy I think of when they talk about this next number one pick in the draft.

@elliotkane4443 Год назад

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.

@JackKelly-ky5rw Год назад

Victor wembanyamas floor is thon maker

@scruffythejanitor1969 Год назад

I mean: I never saw the dude make a SINGLE Thon.

@mohamadrizal6165 Год назад

Can you make how bad was JOEL ANTHONY?

@bubba10x Год назад

2k17 thon maker was a BEAST

@Jones309 3 месяца назад

2k18 thon maker was a bucket

@ibeatyoutubecircumventingy6344 Год назад

what nobody is talking about is if he tapped any chicks at school mofo needs cops called on his ass!

@isaacakhigbe5677 Год назад

Peep the guy airballing at 5:25🤣🤣

@venomoz1523 Год назад

You gonna be making a video like this about Wemby one day. Im calling it

@ShadowDragonGT Год назад

Biggest highlight of thons career is him drop kicking in that brawl

@jcsplolonger Год назад

And it Missed

@blackhole5353. Год назад

His biggest highlight was being put on a poster by Russ lol

@FOUR7media47 Год назад

Plz a Gerald Henderson Jr vid 🙏

@christophermartinez2786 Год назад

Bro I would love this video

@FOUR7media47 Год назад

@@christophermartinez2786 Frr 🔥

@swishcountyproductions Год назад

Ur persistent lol I’ll get to it in the future

@FOUR7media47 Год назад

@@swishcountyproductions MY GUY 👑

@1kaveni Год назад

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

@archdawg5688 Год назад

I love Thon. I always put him on my 2k teams!

@KyleJ_15 Год назад

" I know it's not true, and if it were true..." that kind of response is always a red flag

@chrisrhodes2 Год назад

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

@waltermitchell2432 Год назад

I thought Thon was up next smh

@kushproductions5281 Год назад

What I realised about his Weakness, is only his self Image. He just needs encouragement and real life experience to bring out his Best.

@Hoopr32 Год назад

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.

@adammothman Год назад

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.

@IknowMoreThanYou Год назад

If you're the bucks And you struck gold with Giannis You'll take the chance again lol

@thtboyjosh_ Год назад

Omg 😂 I totally forgot about this guy

@wetlettuce8215 Год назад

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.

@bigbyrdballin Год назад

You sound like Spiderman bro lol I love it

@eduardopena5893 Год назад

At least he didn't look like he was 40 when he was drafted like Greg Oden.

@BoricuaFlavored Год назад

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.

@Watchingvideoslikeu Год назад

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.

@gapgamer0954 Год назад

No f***** way burh did i just hear a 18 year old eighth grader 😮😮😮😮

@NebraskaPoliceDepartment Год назад

Should’ve Never Asked For A Trade From The Bucks

@HampETX903 Год назад

That sound very similar

@yeetwoodmac6920 Год назад

Good content my dude

@KDSRirelandboy1 Год назад

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.

@alexnguyen1284 Год назад

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.

@NBLTrending Год назад

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.

@mntlhlthaddtnstilltrying Год назад

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?

@BiggieTrismegistus 5 месяцев назад

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.

@mntlhlthaddtnstilltrying 5 месяцев назад

@@BiggieTrismegistus highschools finishing in gr 12 are often still called blah blah college but I think your right

@johncate9541 Год назад

Well, at least when he didn't make it big in basketball, he was able to go back to making thons.

@dekoygaming Год назад

His attempted flying kick at the Philippines - Australia brawl is also bad so yeah!

@notsanger Год назад

he understood the concept of opportunity cost

@dscwac396 Год назад

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

@inoyvst6786 Год назад

Am i crazy or at 4:43 he says elite talent like Dennis smith and Harry Giles but that’s Jamal Murray in the back

@swishcountyproductions Год назад

They were teammates

@aleister666xx Год назад

He's so bad even his punch throwing was so trash 😂

@Malikk5251 Год назад

"I know it's not true that I'm 19".

@CommodoreFloopjack78 Год назад

Interesting. I'd completely forgotten about this dude.

@edwardkimakaballislifekim_578 Месяц назад

Bust but had potential

@jameswilson5343 Год назад

The Silver Thon Maker my team card was goated

@88mphDrBrown Год назад

A 7 foot 18 year old playing with 13 year olds?

@313drepeso313 Год назад

Autograph not even worth the marker that was used for it 😩😂

@ryancameron1909 Год назад

Lol videos titled how bad are funny. He was clearly very un good vs nba dudes but he did play in the nba. Who cares.

@H1MSKII3 Год назад

he used to play with my uncle and my uncle had 2 NBA contracts to play for NBA team but he turned them down

@DopeBoyDreamz 11 месяцев назад

Yea ok😂

@H1MSKII3 11 месяцев назад

@@DopeBoyDreamz mums life

@DopeBoyDreamz 11 месяцев назад

@@H1MSKII3 who’s your uncle

@mikevismyelement Год назад

This happens all the time in soccer with players lying about age

@tokivikerness8863 Год назад

Baseball as well.

@MillzSzn 9 месяцев назад

Is all went downhill whrn he demanded to be traded instead of bring patient and try to grow up with the bucks at a point he was like less impactful bobby portis and person that got in the game made plays and played directly to the crowd Milwaukee was turning from a laughingstock to a playoff team but he got tired of iffy.i minutes went to the front office and told them trade my anywhere i want more playing time went to a perennial losing detriot team and i nvr heard if him again wound up with diminished playing time, straight to the ench

@sasajelisavac5209 Год назад

AS IT WAS: Like a lot of those 14-year-old kids coming from Africa, he probably was 17 or 18 years old! You can't trust those African "juniors" in any way...