Thon Maker

[superjohn]

He reminds me of Ajou Deng when he was in high school - a highly skilled 6' 10" kid. Despite his talent Deng did shockingly poorly in college, partly due to foot injuries and partly due to an inability or unwillingness to put on strength and bang inside.

But, as you say, extraordinary talent. Barring injury Maker should be a great one.

He reminds you of Ajou Deng? WTF?

 

[CAHUSKY]

He reminds me of Ajou Deng when he was in high school - a highly skilled 6' 10" kid. Despite his talent Deng did shockingly poorly in college, partly due to foot injuries and partly due to an inability or unwillingness to put on strength and bang inside.

But, as you say, extraordinary talent. Barring injury Maker should be a great one.

As I recall, ajou hit Milford Academy when he was almost 19 and was 20 or 21 when he got to uconn. Maybe he was doing things like that at 16 but I don't know. The fact that Maker is only 16 is what makes me think he will develop into an amazing talent.

 

[aceboon]

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcspo...ions-some-are-placing-on-high-school-players/

 

[champs99and04]

Anybody just hear C-Webb praising Ollie during the Rockets-Blazers game? That type of stuff does wonders in recruitment's like these.

 

[aceboon]

Anybody just hear C-Webb praising Ollie during the Rockets-Blazers game? That type of stuff does wonders in recruitment's like these.

missed it, what did he say? he must have had to have brought that up out of the blue because it seems like the officiating has been dominating the convo the past few minutes.

 

[champs99and04]

missed it, what did he say? he must have had to have brought that up out of the blue because it seems like the officiating has been dominating the convo the past few minutes.

It was in reference to Patrick Beverly, something along the lines of him being somebody you don't want to let down because of their passion and energy. He cited Kevin Ollie, Tim Hardaway, and one other guy who I'm forgetting as similar players.

 

[uconnbill]

As I recall, ajou hit Milford Academy when he was almost 19 and was 20 or 21 when he got to uconn. Maybe he was doing things like that at 16 but I don't know. The fact that Maker is only 16 is what makes me think he will develop into an amazing talent.

He was at St. Thomas More as I watched him play numerous times. Yes I thought he was the second coming as did a number of analyst at the time. He was older but had a ton skill, but didn't have the passion.

Maker looks great and looks like a KD clone

 

[pj]

Like Maker, Deng had skills you never see from a big guy, and was a shot blocking machine. That's the parallel. But Deng wanted to actually play a perimeter position and that's not feasible at a high level for someone so tall, his dribbles are too long. Deng, between injuries and lack of passion for the game and unwillingness to strength train and bang inside, killed his potential. Maker will succeed, to be so good so young he clearly has passion, and he's also 2" taller than Deng and possibly still growing. I wasn't making a prediction that their careers would be similar, only pointing out that from film I've seen a guy just like this before - I saw Deng play several times in high school and it was like this.

 

[BankShot]

So what would a 2015 UCONN Huskies squad look like?

Purvis JR (Late 1st Round Pick)
Samuel JR
Hamilton SO (1st Round Pick)
Maker FR (Lottery Pick)
Brimah JR (Lottery Pick)

with
Cassell Jr. SO
Jackson FR
Ali FR
Lubin SO
Facey JR
Nolan SR

This is the team that puts DUKE in the rear view, and ties UNC in NC's

 

[BankShot]

So what would a 2015 UCONN Huskies squad look like?

Purvis JR (Late 1st Round Pick)
Samuel JR
Hamilton SO (1st Round Pick)
Maker FR (Lottery Pick)
Brimah JR (Lottery Pick)

with
Cassell Jr. SO
Jackson FR
Ali FR
Lubin SO
Facey JR
Nolan SR

This is the team that puts DUKE in the rear view, and ties UNC in NC's

 

[Leebo]

So what would a 2015 UCONN Huskies squad look like?

Purvis JR (Late 1st Round Pick)
Samuel JR
Hamilton SO (1st Round Pick)
Maker FR (Lottery Pick)
Brimah JR (Lottery Pick)

with
Cassell Jr. SO
Jackson FR
Ali FR
Lubin SO
Facey JR
Nolan SR

This is the team that puts DUKE in the rear view, and ties UNC in NC's

Isn't Maker class of 2016?

 

[bear]

Isn't Maker class of 2016?

Apparently there is a chance that he reclassifies, although it hasn't been reported on much yet.

 

[nomar]

He looks like a stud, but of all people, we should have our guard up when it comes to 7-foot "do it all" players. Remember the "best player" on our 1999 team?

Maker shoots under 30% from 3. He looks to have a nice stroke but he's not Kevin Durant.

All that said, just like BearJWS, I would also give my left coconut to get him.

 

[boog204]

He was at St. Thomas More as I watched him play numerous times. Yes I thought he was the second coming as did a number of analyst at the time. He was older but had a ton skill, but didn't have the passion.

Maker looks great and looks like a KD clone

Ajou was incredible at T-More. He was at the top of their press, all arms and legs, he scored in the post, he hit 3's, he filled the lane on the break and literally blocked anything that was near him; against good competition too. I hung out w/ him a few times as my math teacher at the time in HS was his SAT tutor and then again at UConn. Such a nice guy but he was just too timid to succeed.

 

[dogfan96]

A 7 foot stretch 4?

Dirk Nowitzki

 

[UCweCONN]

Great name too. Sounds like he could be the villain in the next Star Wars movie.

 

[SixRings]

So his guardian put UConn on his list of schools (how long?) but he hasn't mentioned UConn yet. In the time he took to read about his updated list we have him re-classifying, winning a National Championship and being a lottery pick in the draft. What? No chance he can he sit with Delany and get us in the B1G during his stay too?

 

[Huskyforlife]

Dirk Nowitzki

We have no idea if he'll be that good though

 

[intlzncster]

Dirk Nowitzki

In fairness, Dirk is a exceptional. He's one of the top guys to ever play at this point, given his size and skillset.

Who knows what will happen with Thon, but at 16, he's got time on his side.

 

[UconnU]

His skill set would be wild if he were even like 6'8 nevermind 7'1... craziness

 

[Huskies4ever]

Great name too. Sounds like he could be the villain in the next Star Wars movie.

Does he have a muppet?

 

[Brochacho]

So his guardian put UConn on his list of schools (how long?) but he hasn't mentioned UConn yet. In the time he took to read about his updated list we have him re-classifying, winning a National Championship and being a lottery pick in the draft. What? No chance he can he sit with Delany and get us in the B1G during his stay too?

Not just a NC, but finishing off the three peat.

 

[Go_Huskies]

He was at St. Thomas More as I watched him play numerous times. Yes I thought he was the second coming as did a number of analyst at the time. He was older but had a ton skill, but didn't have the passion.

Maker looks great and looks like a KD clone

Old Ajou video

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[azescobar]

one hell of a carry from Ajou!!! I'm sure it's been said before, but I loved Ajou..I really felt like Calhoun and Ajou just didn't mesh for whatever reason. I think there was too much pressure on Ajou and he couldn't handle it. I always thought he was going to be a beast. He showed flashes but was not equipped for the short hook. Similar with Majok, but his sophomore year was actually fairly productive.

 

[ColoradoUCFan]

Nasty

This video is a fake. He's playing on an 8 ft hoop