AUSTRALIAN centre, Thon Maker, has signed with Mike George of Excel Sports Management, a source confirmed to foxsports.com.au.

Maker declared for the NBA Draft at the start of April, and the signing of an agent officially ends the 19-year-old’s college eligibility

Some of George’s clients include: Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Dwight Powell, Tyler Ennis, Rashad Vaughn, and Maurice Walker, along with projected 2016 top-five pick, Jamal Murray.

Maker originally intended to play in last week’s BioSteel All Canadian game in Toronto, but chose to skip the event; instead, sitting courtside with George and Murray.

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Currently in South Carolina — training with renowned pre-draft trainer, Drew Hanlen, of Pure Sweat — Maker is set to become the first player in more than a decade to make the leap from high school in North America straight to the draft, since the NBA introduced the ‘one-and-done’ rule in 2005.

Maker is currently training in South Carolina. Source: Supplied

While Maker’s camp continues to improve its ties with Canada, the 2.16m big-man recently cleared up a key question about his future, declaring in an exclusive interview with foxsports.com.au that he wanted to play international basketball for Australia, rather than Canada.

“I’ve always wanted to play for Australia,” Maker told foxsports.com.au. “No matter what.

“It’s no joke. I don’t know what the theory is by everybody else — they always think that I might play for somebody else — but, my family is Australian, coach’s family is Australian, so I don’t see who else I’m supposed to be playing for.”

Maker’s draft projections have ranged from mid-first round, to early second round.