Any time there is a 7-foot basketball player who can handle the basketball like Maker, he is going to draw attention. Plus, his name is Thon freaking Maker.
Maker also became a trending topic because of the unorthodox way he got into the NBA draft.
Traditionally, players must be one year removed from high school to be NBA eligible. Thon Maker, 19 years of age, spent last year at Orangeville District Secondary School, a high school in Canada.
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Normally this would exclude a player from being draft eligible, however, Maker proved that he actually graduated in 2015 and was merely staying in school for additional training.