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ARTICLE · 06 APRIL 2016

Does Thon Maker Make the NBA?

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Take a look at his highlight reel. Looks good. Great backstory (from war-torn Sudan). And wants to play pro ball. He is 19 and is at one of those finishing schools back east. Essentially a 5th year of high school. The NBA says you have to be 19 and graduate high school to be in the draft.

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Take a look at his highlight reel. Looks good. Great backstory (from war-torn Sudan). And wants to play pro ball. He is 19 and is at one of those finishing schools back east. Essentially a 5th year of high school. The NBA says you have to be 19 and graduate high school to be in the draft.

It was Dickens who said "the law is a ass, a idiot." (sic) I think the rule of reason should apply here. If you are the commish, why make him go to China for a year? In this case it serves no educational or commercial purpose.

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