Thon Maker Highlights

[Beat LA]

Just thought I'd post them for everyone.  He's raw and skinny, sure, but I love his effort, especially on that first play where he went after the offensive rebound (I wish that we had someone who could do that) and defense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdB6S001WcI

 

[Who]

It's a shame Thon Maker did not fall to #16.

[footey]

I give the Milwaukee GM a lot of credit, drafting Greek Freak and now Thon Maker.  He has a good eye for talent, not afraid to take risk.

[Grindfather]

He hustles, I'll give him that, but there's not a lot of skill or BBIQ there.  He also doesn't have the stunning athleticism of Giannis. 

He does hustle two ORebs, but I don't see a lot of other "highlights"

He misses a put back; he misses a free throw; happens to make a highly contested long 2; slides under the basket on a broken play (nothing special); sets a poor pick off the ball (a good pick would have opened a corner three); doesn't finish in transition (does draw the foul tho); closes out decently on a corner three attempt (not sure why that guy was open in the first place); swoops in for a weakside block that he didn't have any business attempting (pulling a Hassan), a play that if it happened in a real NBA game would have been a kick-out to the guy who was wide open in the far corner. 

Maker might be something in the future, especially if he's really 19 and not 23, but I'm not going crazy over that clip.   

[crimson_stallion]

Funny thing is that in his debut he looked better then Bender and Ingram lol

I think Maker is the skinny guy champion.

From what I can see he looks a hell of a lot more athletic, aggressive and intelligent then either of those guy guys. 

Ingram looks lazy and submissive on the court, and Bender looks like he's completely lost and has never played basketball in his life.

[Rhyso]

Not bad for a 28 year old