Thon Maker is at least 23 years old

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Re: Thon Maker is at least 23 years old 

Post#381 » by thamadkant » Thu Jun 30, 2016 4:13 am

CodyB_ wrote:He was already in Australia as well. For your everyday guy, Australia is a much nicer place to live and work than the US or Canada.The fellow who decided he was going to manipulate his age and cash in on 'raw potential' is the real dog in this scenario. He has a history of doing this as well.

While legal recourse is unlikely, the Bucks should sit down and talk to him and his family so that jerk doesn't see a dime of the Makers' money.



Thon Maker's passport... Which is government endorses and a tier 1 Identification document shows that he is 19...

Thon's agent refers to his passport to stated Thon's age.


Everything else is speculation and made up.


Thon graduating with a 2010 class is misinterpreted and misrepresented...
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Re: Thon Maker is at least 23 years old 

Post#382 » by Hogified05 » Thu Jun 30, 2016 4:38 am

Lol who cares if he is 30. If dude can play nobody will care. I say good for him if he is older. Played the system and won. He just got drafted 10th overall in the NBA draft without dealing with the lame NCAA. He will probably do some good in the Sudan with that money.

The Bucks must be trying to break the record for longest combine wingspan on a team ha.
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Re: Thon Maker is at least 23 years old 

Post#383 » by CodyB_ » Thu Jun 30, 2016 4:42 am

1UPZ wrote:
CodyB_ wrote:He was already in Australia as well. For your everyday guy, Australia is a much nicer place to live and work than the US or Canada.The fellow who decided he was going to manipulate his age and cash in on 'raw potential' is the real dog in this scenario. He has a history of doing this as well.

While legal recourse is unlikely, the Bucks should sit down and talk to him and his family so that jerk doesn't see a dime of the Makers' money.



Thon Maker's passport... Which is government endorses and a tier 1 Identification document shows that he is 19...

Thon's agent refers to his passport to stated Thon's age.


Everything else is speculation and made up.


Thon graduating with a 2010 class is misinterpreted and misrepresented...


I'll propose to you several theories that are all plausible given the unique circumstances of Maker's life.

Theory A:

Using the ambiguity of refugee status to manipulate personal information

2001: Maker comes to Australia as a refugee. Documentation is not as stringently checked for refugees as it is for other immigrants
2010: Maker graduates from Year 12. While in year 12 applies for citizenship / passport and using 'up to date' documentation about his age.
2011: Goes to the US as a 14 year old.


Theory B:

Susan Chuot could have been shown in a year 8 or a year 9 page. She herself could have been held back, or started school late because of being a refugee also.

Theory C:

Thon Maker is a prodigy who reached graduation at age 13

etc. etc.

Many scenarios to consider. At the end of the day, the bucks have to live with it, Maker needs to prove himself and it might be beneficial to educate perhaps a naive family about the devious intentions of Mr. Smith.
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Re: Thon Maker is at least 23 years old 

Post#384 » by Gus McCrae » Thu Jun 30, 2016 5:00 am

One weird side of this. My wife went to Artesia High School with Jason Kapono, same school that produced James Harden and Jordan Farmar. Anyways she remembers seeing basketball players who were clearly not high school players acting like they were 16 and 17 all the time. Everyone could tell. To the extent the coach got fired and it was a big deal.
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These guys were crushing it at basketball but also sleeping with all the high school girls but they were in their 20s. You gotta play the role if you're gonna act like a high school kid. Makes me wonder though if there's some type of statutory rape charge that can be brought on these "high school" athletes when it is proven they're not the age they represented.
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Post#385 » by Sofia » Thu Jun 30, 2016 5:01 am

The way to test this is to send him to the liquor store and see which ID card he uses
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Re: Thon Maker is at least 23 years old 

Post#386 » by RollingWave » Thu Jun 30, 2016 5:11 am

1UPZ wrote:
CodyB_ wrote:He was already in Australia as well. For your everyday guy, Australia is a much nicer place to live and work than the US or Canada.The fellow who decided he was going to manipulate his age and cash in on 'raw potential' is the real dog in this scenario. He has a history of doing this as well.

While legal recourse is unlikely, the Bucks should sit down and talk to him and his family so that jerk doesn't see a dime of the Makers' money.



Thon Maker's passport... Which is government endorses and a tier 1 Identification document shows that he is 19...

Thon's agent refers to his passport to stated Thon's age.


Everything else is speculation and made up.


Thon graduating with a 2010 class is misinterpreted and misrepresented...


You obviously haven't been following baseball then I assume.
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Post#387 » by AussieCeltic » Thu Jun 30, 2016 5:20 am

CodyB_ wrote:
1UPZ wrote:
CodyB_ wrote:He was already in Australia as well. For your everyday guy, Australia is a much nicer place to live and work than the US or Canada.The fellow who decided he was going to manipulate his age and cash in on 'raw potential' is the real dog in this scenario. He has a history of doing this as well.

While legal recourse is unlikely, the Bucks should sit down and talk to him and his family so that jerk doesn't see a dime of the Makers' money.



Thon Maker's passport... Which is government endorses and a tier 1 Identification document shows that he is 19...

Thon's agent refers to his passport to stated Thon's age.


Everything else is speculation and made up.


Thon graduating with a 2010 class is misinterpreted and misrepresented...


I'll propose to you several theories that are all plausible given the unique circumstances of Maker's life.

Theory A:

Using the ambiguity of refugee status to manipulate personal information

2001: Maker comes to Australia as a refugee. Documentation is not as stringently checked for refugees as it is for other immigrants
2010: Maker graduates from Year 12. While in year 12 applies for citizenship / passport and using 'up to date' documentation about his age.
2011: Goes to the US as a 14 year old.


Theory B:

Susan Chuot could have been shown in a year 8 or a year 9 page. She herself could have been held back, or started school late because of being a refugee also.

Theory C:

Thon Maker is a prodigy who reached graduation at age 13

etc. etc.

Many scenarios to consider. At the end of the day, the bucks have to live with it, Maker needs to prove himself and it might be beneficial to educate perhaps a naive family about the devious intentions of Mr. Smith.


In Australia, our school terms finish in December unlike in the US.

So apparently at the end of year 11 in 2009, he decides to get a fake passport to say that he's 12?

Then he starts and completes year 12 as a supposed 12 year old and nothing was picked up on?

I know it all sounds suspect, but there is a whole lot of stuff that has to go right for him for this only to picked up now.
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Re: Thon Maker is at least 23 years old 

Post#388 » by freewhitemoon » Thu Jun 30, 2016 7:17 am

AussieCeltic wrote:
In Australia, our school terms finish in December unlike in the US.

So apparently at the end of year 11 in 2009, he decides to get a fake passport to say that he's 12?

Then he starts and completes year 12 as a supposed 12 year old and nothing was picked up on?

I know it all sounds suspect, but there is a whole lot of stuff that has to go right for him for this only to picked up now.


It's not like schools actually check your passport though, especially after you've been enrolled for 3 years
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Re: Thon Maker is at least 23 years old 

Post#389 » by EireannX » Thu Jun 30, 2016 8:24 am

AussieCeltic wrote:

Then he starts and completes year 12 as a supposed 12 year old and nothing was picked up on?



Who are you expecting to pick up on it? The school who have no reason to even know he applied for a passport or the passport people who don't care about his educational status?

The school probably would have picked up if he were physically and mentally a 12 year old in year 12 or a 7 year old in grade 7 though...
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Post#390 » by jpengland » Thu Jun 30, 2016 11:53 am

This would have hit the news a looooong timeago if there was truth to it IMO. Makers name has been everywhere.

You don't think one classmate would have called ESPN ans made a few grand from a TV interview with some evidence?

There is no way the guy went from 17 to 12 in a developed country to developed country, hit the media with mix tapes etc a couple of years later,been one of the most talked about prospects for three years and noone spoke out and provided more than a year book photo.
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Post#391 » by Peja Stojakovic » Thu Jun 30, 2016 12:05 pm

still can't come up with a good explanation for why he's in all those yearbook and grad photos with a cohort of students that are 23/24 now. fantastic job playing the bucks. this guy's a hustler, no way i'd be able to keep my past a secret for this long or suffer thru four years of repeat high school as a grown man. even read that he was in the eighth grade for a stint when he first moved to america lol. sure paid off though, earned this guy six million dollars and an extended tryout in the best basketball league in the world. shabazz muhammad wishes his agent/dad was this savvy
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Post#392 » by tourettes3 » Thu Jun 30, 2016 1:44 pm

Never seen so many mentions about my old high school.

Attended Aranmore for my primary and secondary education, so 12 years of schooling and is one of the most multi cultural schools in the state.

When I was attending the school we had lots of Vietnamese immigrants and refugees enrolled, but now a lot of Sudanese and Ethiopians have arrived for an education.

Obviously once arriving their English isn't the best so most of them attended ESL classes, English as a second language.

Not sure if this whole thon maker age thing is legit or not, but I did come across the age discrepancy topic when I attended the school.

I was in year 9, so 14 years old, and was mates with a Vietnamese kid who I thought was the same age as me. 6 months into the year our class finds out that he's actually 18. Class was shocked and surprised, as he didn't really look that much older then the rest of us.

Good to see another couple of Aussies in the NBA, definitely hooking up with league pass again.

Anyways that's my 2 cents thrown in
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Post#393 » by HartfordWhalers » Thu Jun 30, 2016 1:52 pm

I remember the last time this happened:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanguy_Ngombo
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Post#394 » by zzaj » Thu Jun 30, 2016 1:59 pm

Hogified05 wrote:The Bucks must be trying to break the record for longest combine wingspan on a team ha.


They would have had to beat out GS and draft Mamadou Ndiaye for that. 8'1" wingspan in 2012 and he's grown 2 inches since then. :o
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Post#395 » by BasketballFan7 » Thu Jun 30, 2016 2:05 pm

He had to feel like a baller out there on the court though, even if he was in his 20s. I just imagine going to play middle school football. I mean, that would be really fun.
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Post#396 » by BIG Game » Thu Jun 30, 2016 3:04 pm

No one be surprised if the Bucks get the #1 pick next year
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Post#397 » by Baddy Chuck » Thu Jun 30, 2016 11:22 pm

BIG Game wrote:No one be surprised if the Bucks get the #1 pick next year

Why?

Stupid post.
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Post#398 » by BIG Game » Thu Jun 30, 2016 11:24 pm

Baddy Chuck wrote:
BIG Game wrote:No one be surprised if the Bucks get the #1 pick next year

Why?

Stupid post.


Cause the NBA feels sorry that you got tricked and will gift it to you.
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Post#399 » by hodgy#11 » Fri Jul 1, 2016 12:42 am

BIG Game wrote:
Baddy Chuck wrote:
BIG Game wrote:No one be surprised if the Bucks get the #1 pick next year

Why?

Stupid post.


Cause the NBA feels sorry that you got tricked and will gift it to you.


They won 33 games with the youngest team in the league, what makes you think they'll be picking even in the lottery, nevermind having odds at no. 1?!
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Re: Thon Maker is at least 23 years old 

Post#400 » by JoeyCrawford » Fri Jul 1, 2016 12:55 am

Did Thon just Danny Almonte the NBA?

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