“From then on, as staff and players, we’ve had that bond, that relationship from that moment. “The famous Thon Maker kick,” as Maker remembers it. The two were together on Australia’s FIBA World Cup qualifying team in 2019, a run that is best characterized by a brawl that broke out in a game between Australia and the Philippines, in which Maker was prominently and unfortunately featured. This isn’t the first rodeo - or as it’s known in Australia, bushmen’s carnival - for Maker and Caporn. Whether it’s speaking up in team meetings or being a leader in practice, Maker is “an unbelievable human being teammate.” Long Island Head Coach Adam Caporn says, echoing many of his players’ sentiments. Maker is outwardly joyous when interacting with fans, gracious with the media. Eventually, things worked out.)Īnd it’s not just around his teammates, either. (For the record, the team couldn’t make dinner work while out in Lakeland, but went out to Hibachi during a road trip in Chicago. “That’s just the kind of guy Thon is,” Brown says. Teammates in Long Island describe Maker as “very likable,” someone who has been dying to take the team out for dinner since he arrived. And whether there’s attacking each day, practice, each game, shoot-around, or whatever it is, I’m just locked in, and then the chips will fall wherever they fall. I want to focus on where I’m at right then and there. Maker’s goal with Long Island is simple: Like any other G League player, he’s working towards an NBA call-up, but says he is present and in the moment with his current team. with the Long Island Nets of the G League. Since then, the now 25-year-old’s NBA journey has included stops in Detroit, Cleveland, and now, in Uniondale, N.Y. and wanting to get to his next destination as quickly as possible,Ī 7-foot, 230-pound center, Maker was drafted 10th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2016 NBA Draft, a lottery pick with some high school and international experience, a development piece.
That’s Long Island Nets guard Bryce Brown describing his teammate, Thon Marker: generous, fun. I’m like ‘bro, I don’t need gas money, we’re going to the same place.’” “I took him home the other day, he tried to give me gas money.
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