1. Matur Marial Maker was born on 1 January 1998 and is a South Sudanese-born Australian basketball player for CS Maristes of the Lebanese Basketball League.
22 Facts About Matur Maker
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Matur Maker moved to Australia in his childhood and played for various prep schools in Canada and the United States, before forgoing college basketball.
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Matur Maker won an NBL championship with the Sydney Kings in 2022.
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Matur Maker first started playing soccer at Grayhounds soccer club, a club where many south Sudanese kids played for and alongside his brother Thon.
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At age 13, Matur Maker was discovered by basketball scout Edward Smith and began living with him in Sydney, before moving to the United States.
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Matur Maker began playing high school basketball as a freshman at Carlisle School in Martinsville, Virginia, where he joined Thon, a sophomore, in the middle of the season.
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Matur Maker's guardian Edward Smith, who the brothers lived with in a two-storey house, was an assistant coach for the team at the time.
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Matur Maker helped Carlisle win a state championship and played with Team Loaded VA of the Amateur Athletic Union.
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Matur Maker was named Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association second-team all-star.
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On 5 January 2018, Matur Maker declared intentions to bypass college and enter the 2018 NBA draft, attempting to follow a similar path as his brother in 2016.
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On 7 August 2018, Matur Maker signed with Union Neuchatel of the Swiss Basketball League.
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On 30 December 2018, Matur Maker signed with Zlatorog Lasko of the Slovenian Basketball League.
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Matur Maker played 17 games with Zlatorog and averaged 13 ppg, 10 rpg and lead his team to the playoffs.
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On 19 October 2019, Matur Maker signed with the Houston Rockets of the NBA, but was waived the next day.
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Matur Maker joined the Denver Nuggets for the 2021 NBA Summer League.
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In May 2022, Matur Maker played three games with the Canterbury Rams during the 2022 New Zealand NBL season.
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On 4 April 2023, Matur Maker signed with the Nelson Giants for the 2023 New Zealand NBL season.
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In March 2024, Maker had a one-game stint with Taipei Fubon Braves of the P League+.
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Matur Maker was named to the NBL1 North Second Team.
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Matur Maker appeared in three games for Al-Ahli in October 2024.
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In January 2025, Matur Maker initially signed with Al-Nasr of the Libyan Division I Basketball League but a week later signed with CS Maristes of the Lebanese Basketball League.
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Matur Maker has a cousin, Makur, who currently plays basketball for Capital City Go-Go, after having previously played for Howard University.