Thon Maker is at least 23 years old

[OkcSinceSGA]

Look at his face, he looks like a 19 year old you guys are reaching

Dude just stop. People age differently. I'm 30 and look 22-23 at most according to most people I come across. Some people look much older/younger than they are and that is HARDLY any sort of proof. Does Kate Beckingsale look 42?

[OkcSinceSGA]

There is a huge thread dedicated to this on the Bucks forum.

As a Bucks fan I'd be LIVID. Mainly at Thon who continues to defend it with crappy points that make no sense at all. Do you think Bucks fans agree with that? Or are they more supporting of the pick?

Overall, we are pretty disappointed (and unfortunately not surprised) by this organization. Some of us have hope that the "proof" is a troll job, but that is the minority. As of now, most of us seem pretty pissed off.

Honestly I wouldn't let it bring you down though. Bucks have great upside (Surprised at their slide last year TBH) and Antekeopdofosdfosdf (I'm not gonna even try) is an amazing player who has upside to be the most well rounded player in the league after Lebron/Kawhi. You guys have tons of potential with all that length/defensive versatility. Not to mention that this draft was one of the worst I can remember so no matter who you picked at 10 probably wouldn't of mattered much.

One thing I'm bummed about is John Henson not getting enough burn. I'd move Monroe and build around Parker/Ante/Henson frontcourt. I also believe in MCW more than most people including Bucks fans probably. Sure he's horrid on offense but as a lengthy, versatile defender who can make plays, I don't see why he can't improve. I'd like him to try to be a bigger Rajon Rondo type.

[Prez]

If we didn't have our main core already set I'd be absolutely livid right now. Thank ****ing god for Giannis and Jabari. And Middleton.

This is such a bummer if it turns out to be true. Still some question marks, we're not at 100% but it's not looking good.

[wichmae]

I think people are most pissed because the public feels conned. The team portrayed him as 19 as well as upper mgmt. If they knew he was 23 they should have just owned it. People feel very conned.

[Duke4life831]

I do think he's older than 19. But a yearbook posted on reddit doesn't really prove anything to me. If that's all it takes, give me an hour or two and I will have proof that I'm a Harvard grad

[koogiking]

Look at his face, he looks like a 19 year old you guys are reaching

Dude just stop. People age differently. I'm 30 and look 22-23 at most according to most people I come across. Some people look much older/younger than they are and that is HARDLY any sort of proof. Does Kate Beckingsale look 42?

There is hardly any proof that he is 23 other than random reddit investigators, there's no reason to doubt his age

[wichmae]

I do think he's older than 19. But a yearbook posted on reddit doesn't really prove anything to me. If that's all it takes, give me an hour or two and I will have proof that I'm a Harvard grad

Theres more than just one post. Theres quite a bit of evidence from other teams believing it, the videos, the pictures, the aligning older classmates, and so on. Theres a ton of smoke there.

[koogiking]

It seems like whenever there is a good African potential lottery pick the first thing people do to try to discredit him is spread rumors about their ages

[jack612]

I mean.. I guess its possible that someone on Reddit went to the trouble of having two fake Australian yearbooks professionally printed but that seems a lot less likely than the alternative to me.

https://vid.me/ncxK

[Von Bismarck]

I'm pretty sure Bucks' people aren't stupid and they know he's not 19, more like 22 or 23. Why they chose him? It's simple, they are gambling with him since they already have their young core. Would I do it? No. I'd take someone else but that's irrelevant now.

The thing is, people around Thon and Thon himself, deliberately lied and falsified his age thus cheating the school system and god knows what else. He played most of his ''career'' against kids that are 2-3-4 years younger than him.

If this turns out to be true, and I would be shocked if not, he must be punished. Even more so his agent and people that participated in this most likely, scam.

I'm quite sure we'll have more and more people coming up every day with actual proofs. Just look at that video above me, you can't deny that for God's sake.

[OkcSinceSGA]

Look at his face, he looks like a 19 year old you guys are reaching

Dude just stop. People age differently. I'm 30 and look 22-23 at most according to most people I come across. Some people look much older/younger than they are and that is HARDLY any sort of proof. Does Kate Beckingsale look 42?

There is hardly any proof that he is 23 other than random reddit investigators, there's no reason to doubt his age

How random are NBA teams who came to the conclusion he was at least 21 years old and his draft stock plummeted as a result? Also those random people have far more evidence than the opposing side. 9th grade and graduating yearbooks now.

[OkcSinceSGA]

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It seems like whenever there is a good African potential lottery pick the first thing people do to try to discredit him is spread rumors about their ages

Naw man. It's happened with European and now Asian players this draft for example. As I posted in this thread there is hard proof that Ilyasova for example is at least 3 years older. African players are targeted most because it's VERY easy to fake your identity there in comparison to so called 1st world countries.

[Von Bismarck]

Naw man. It's happened with European and now Asian players this draft for example. As I posted in this thread there is hard proof that Ilyasova for example is at least 3 years older. African players are targeted most because it's VERY easy to fake your identity there in comparison to so called 1st world countries.

Exactly. You know how they say, fool me once and it's on you, fool me twice and it's on me. There have been numerous cases in European Football (Soccer) where players from Africa falsified their real age. For disbelievers, google it and be my guest.

Btw, what European players, I really can't recall?

[koogiking]

Dude just stop. People age differently. I'm 30 and look 22-23 at most according to most people I come across. Some people look much older/younger than they are and that is HARDLY any sort of proof. Does Kate Beckingsale look 42?

There is hardly any proof that he is 23 other than random reddit investigators, there's no reason to doubt his age

How random are NBA teams who came to the conclusion he was at least 21 years old and his draft stock plummeted as a result? Also those random people have far more evidence than the opposing side. 9th grade and graduating yearbooks now.

He still went 10th he didn't plummet that far, Giannis went later and he wasn't as raw as Thon is

[OkcSinceSGA]

Naw man. It's happened with European and now Asian players this draft for example. As I posted in this thread there is hard proof that Ilyasova for example is at least 3 years older. African players are targeted most because it's VERY easy to fake your identity there in comparison to so called 1st world countries.

Exactly. You know how they say, fool me once and it's on you, fool me twice and it's on me. There have been numerous cases in European Football (Soccer) where players from Africa falsified their real age. For disbelievers, google it and be my guest.

Btw, what European players, I really can't recall?

Only European I can recall off the top is Ilyasova because there is actual hard proof for it. Others have been more rumors that I can't recall. I'm just say it's not some big conspiracy against Africans or something. There is a reason Africans get the most focus for it and it's because

A. It's easier to fake your identity/age there.

B. The players coming over happened to have done this many times recently (Ibaka, Biyombo, Maker.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/26174252 Look at this soccer article. 9 players were disqualified for this in Africa.


It's no different than Cuba (Caribbean in general maybe) players who come over in Baseball. TON of faked ages because it's next to impossible to prove they are lying. Yasiel Puig is one of the latest examples of it happening in baseball. Most people estimate Puig's age to be around 5 years older.

[OkcSinceSGA]

There is hardly any proof that he is 23 other than random reddit investigators, there's no reason to doubt his age

How random are NBA teams who came to the conclusion he was at least 21 years old and his draft stock plummeted as a result? Also those random people have far more evidence than the opposing side. 9th grade and graduating yearbooks now.

He still went 10th he didn't plummet that far, Giannis went later and he wasn't as raw as Thon is

Yes, the Bucks also shocked literally everyone draft night. More teams than not had his stock plummeted as reported by SI.

[Von Bismarck]

But Illyasova is technically Asian cause he was born in Asia (Eskisehir, Turkey) and we can hardly call Turkey European country other than that they compete in Euro championships in various sports.

Anyways, I just wanted to clarify this. I'd say it's almost impossible to falsify your age in Europe, certainly not in European Union countries.

[OkcSinceSGA]

But Illyasova is technically Asian cause he was born in Asia (Eskisehir, Turkey) and we can hardly call Turkey European country other than that they compete in Euro championships in various sports.

Anyways, I just wanted to clarify this. I'd say it's almost impossible to falsify your age in Europe, certainly not in European Union countries.

I think that's based on the leagues they compete in, not geographical location when they say "Euro player" etc. Yes, I'd imagine it's next to impossible to blatantly fake your age like this in a more "developed" country such as Europe or USA. It happens, but NOWHERE near the level you see in Africa, Caribbean etc.

Earlier when I said it's easy to con the USA government that was more in reference to coming over as a high schooler and lying about your age. If you're BORN here in the USA or in Europe for example, it's nearly impossible to fake because everything is documented and processed from day one. But as an immigrant coming over at 18 and claiming to be 14 for example, I don't think that would be nearly as difficult.

[LLJ]

He probably didn't know he was 23 anyway

[AshyLarrysDiaper]

Bucks fans gotta be sick right now.