Australian basketball.

[peternorth]

NATIVES OF AUSTRALIA IN THE NBA
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Dyson Daniels	Atlanta Hawks	5
Alex Ducas	OKC Thunder	88
Dante Exum	Dallas Mavericks	5
Johnny Furphy	Indiana Pacers	12
Josh Giddey	Chicago Bulls	3
Joe Ingles	Minnesota Timberwolves	7
Kyrie Irving *	Dallas Mavericks	2
Jock Landale	Houston Rockets	2
Thon Maker	Houston Rockets	15
Jack McVeigh	Also of the Houston Rockets	58
Patty mills	Utah Jazz	8
Duop Reath	Portland Trailblazers	28
Ben Simmons	Brooklyn Nets	10
Matisse Thybulle	Portland Trailblazers	4
Luke Travers	Cleveland Cavaliers	33
Josh Green	Charlotte Hornets	10

 

[splendidham]

Thon looked good again today. Shooting around 55% on threes is pretty amazing. That's on something like 27 shots as well so it's not a real small sample size. The good thing about it is he doesn't get phased with big bodies coming at him. His shot is very relaxed. I think (hope) he'll be a star


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[Andrew3737]

Ben Simmons>Thon ainec.

Thon is also 23 sooo.

 

[splendidham]

Found my first Ben Simmons jersey the other day by chance. In Malaysia of all places. I was very surprised


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[larrikin]

Found my first Ben Simmons jersey the other day by chance. In Malaysia of all places. I was very surprised


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Heaps in Rebel Sport

 

[RockJobster0312]

Thought this was an interesting article on Thon Maker...

https://thefourpointplay.blog/2017/02/10/thon-maker-or-ron-baker/

 

[my name was taken]

BEn Simmons return pushed back as his foot hasn't 100% healed. Get yo shit together philly.

 

[Damon_3388]

BEn Simmons return pushed back as his foot hasn't 100% healed. Get yo shit together philly.

How is it automatically the team's fault?

It could just be taking longer than first expected, or he might be a slow healer, or might not be giving 100% to his rehab. Who knows?

 

[Damon_3388]

Ben Simmons>Thon ainec.

Thon is also 23 sooo.

Evidence?

Thon has also played and shown something in the NBA, and can shoot from beyond 10 feet.

 

[Andrew3737]

Thon went to my high school he was year 8 and a lil bit of year 9. He left and went to Aranmore HS and graduated. Suddenly a year after he left and went to Sydney, re appeared as a 14 year old prodigy. His agent has also done this before with kids who are easy to fraudulently change their age due to their country of origin.

Here is his photo.

 

[Andrew3737]

On the Aranmore site
http://web.archive.org/web/20080928151628/http://web2.aranmore.wa.edu.au/OurNews/News.asp

Students put on an energetic show for their delighted audience and have expressed a keen desire to return. Favourites characters for the audience included The Wolf, played by Jacob Taylor and The Troll, played by Thon Maker.

 

[Calcium Man]

Thon went to my high school he was year 8 and a lil bit of year 9. He left and went to Aranmore HS and graduated. Suddenly a year after he left and went to Sydney, re appeared as a 14 year old prodigy. His agent has also done this before with kids who are easy to fraudulently change their age due to their country of origin.

Here is his photo.

Yeah people don't care

 

[my name was taken]

How is it automatically the team's fault?

It could just be taking longer than first expected, or he might be a slow healer, or might not be giving 100% to his rehab. Who knows?

Nah Just taking the piss, can't control bone injury. Philly is extremely unlucky the last few years

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Thon went to my high school he was year 8 and a lil bit of year 9. He left and went to Aranmore HS and graduated. Suddenly a year after he left and went to Sydney, re appeared as a 14 year old prodigy. His agent has also done this before with kids who are easy to fraudulently change their age due to their country of origin.

Yeah people don't care

What he said.

The bucks have $12 million and a top 10 pick riding on Thon. I'm pretty sure their due diligence is better than your story.

 

[calyam]

How is it automatically the team's fault?

It could just be taking longer than first expected, or he might be a slow healer, or might not be giving 100% to his rehab. Who knows?

When a team consistently has injuries that take longer than expected then attention should be directed towards the team rather than the player. It isn't an isolated event but a trend established over a number of years.

That may not be fair but it's a reasonable assumption given their recent history.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

When a team consistently has injuries that take longer than expected then attention should be directed towards the team rather than the player. It isn't an isolated event but a trend established over a number of years.

That may not be fair but it's a reasonable assumption given their recent history.

From what i can find on google, his next scan is this Thursday? How do we know he's not healed properly?

It might be less the sixers messing up recoveries, and more the sixers just being very very conservative. Losing a few games on the back end of the season won't diminish the positives from the season, but will improve their draft odds after all...

 

[my name was taken]

From what i can find on google, his next scan is this Thursday? How do we know he's not healed properly?

http://www.sportingnews.com/au/nba-...partially-unhealed/1vmiztavyo44g1kjd8c0cgufum

Not saying it's true but this article was posted feb 16. The next one doesn't help either


Beleaguered Philadelphia coach Brett Brown on Ben Simmons: 'We do expect him to play this year'

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/beleag...o-expect-him-to-play-this-year-193519322.html

 

[splendidham]

Hasn't been way to up and down recently but this dunk by D Adel needs to be here



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[Drumroe]

What he said.

The bucks have $12 million and a top 10 pick riding on Thon. I'm pretty sure their due diligence is better than your story.

As in you don't believe his story?

He definitely is older, but the Bucks might have been aware of that and picked him anyway.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

As in you don't believe his story?

He definitely is older, but the Bucks might have been aware of that and picked him anyway.

I find it strange the one piece of evidence is a blurry pic of a book that no actually seems to have a copy of, and second hand stories, yet a passport is discounted...

 

[Andrew3737]

Theres video of it and MANY none blurry pics.

 

[Drumroe]

I find it strange the one piece of evidence is a blurry pic of a book that no actually seems to have a copy of, and second hand stories, yet a passport is discounted...

It's definitely true, I know a lot of people who went to Aranmore as well as work with someone who was a teacher there (although a random person on the internet telling you this probably isn't concrete for you either)

Still, I'd say the Bucks likely knew.

 

[Damon_3388]

Still, I'd say the Bucks likely knew.

Well, they've got experience with this sort of thing (Yi Jianlian).

 

[didaksrightfoot]

It's definitely true, I know a lot of people who went to Aranmore as well as work with someone who was a teacher there (although a random person on the internet telling you this probably isn't concrete for you either)

Still, I'd say the Bucks likely knew.

Or when he first arrived in Australia someone guessed his aged to be older than he actually is given his height, and thats how they determined his year at school at aranmore.
A lot of refugees have unclear ages and birthdates, and without his actual birth certificate you can't ever be sure with someone that old. (You can use scans of growth plates to get a more accurate age in younger children).
Also, im pretty sure i saw numbers that Thon was/is still growing over the last couple of years - which is unlikely if he was already in his 20's.

And i will say this: Mutombo faced rumours about his age all of his career - and yet he still played until 40. Do people really think he was going out there as a 45-50 year old?

 

[Andrew3737]

When he was dunking on kids in Perth local rec centre, had a chat with him, he said he was 13 which corresponded to him being in year 8 at the time (which he was). His english is good.

 

[larrikin]

When he was dunking on kids in Perth local rec centre, had a chat with him, he said he was 13 which corresponded to him being in year 8 at the time (which he was). His english is good.

I umpired Jon Hay (ex Hawk) when he was in year 9 and he was dunking in games. He's nowhere near as tall as Thon.