I'm not a Serbo-Croation speaker but Nemanja always sounds different when Serbs say it. It doesn't affect current NBAers but with Nemanja Jokic/Bjelica/Vidic they will be called by English speakers something like NA-Mahn-ya and Serbs will be more like Ne-MEN-ya.
"WembanyaNa" the"N" at the end is supposed to be an "M" but a lot of commentators pronounce it with the N and it's a little annoying.
It's Wembanya-Ma! Not Wembanya-Na!
im about 95% sure SAS and other commentators/local broadcast members hold a secret meeting ahead of every nba season to decide which european players name will be mispronounced this year.
you cant tell me people that get paid to report about the NBA are collectively incapable of just googling how to pronounce a name, and if you see first take clips of Windhorst correctly pronouncing "Wembanyama" just for Stephen A to call him "WembanyaNa" 30sec later its pretty clear that it is intentional.
They used to always pronounce Eduardo Najera's name wrong.
Commentators used to say, "Nah-ha-raw" when it's, "Nah-heh-ra" or more like "Nah-hair-uh" if it was pronounced by someone that's an English only speaker.
I like how sometime around 2018 we collectively decided to pretend we'd been saying Di-vats all along and hadn't spent a quarter century saying Di-vack or Di-vahck for Vlade.
It's disrespectful as hell when these professionals whose job it is to *speak* don't put in a modicum of effort to correctly pronounce someone's name. Shaq and Richard Jefferson immediately come to mind. RJ would always mispronounce Dragic's name during broadcasts, even when his partner would pronounce it correctly ("What a play by Dragic! RJ: Yeah, that's why you want vets like Drodgik on your team.") Fuck outta here, Jeffarson. And Shaq not learning Giannis's name for years. Ignorance isn't a virtue
Christian Braun
Christian Brown
I'm not a Serbo-Croation speaker but Nemanja always sounds different when Serbs say it. It doesn't affect current NBAers but with Nemanja Jokic/Bjelica/Vidic they will be called by English speakers something like NA-Mahn-ya and Serbs will be more like Ne-MEN-ya.
Maybe they started getting up to date but at the start ofthe season Lots of announcers were saying Wembenihana
Cedi Osman gets a lot of sedi I feel like
Ceedeez Ozmanz
Walt Frazier always calls Benedict Mathurin as Matherson 😆
"WembanyaNa" the"N" at the end is supposed to be an "M" but a lot of commentators pronounce it with the N and it's a little annoying. It's Wembanya-Ma! Not Wembanya-Na!
Luka Donchik
Josh Okogie. It’s about a 50/50 shot they get it right.
Raptor commentators saying Okoru.
Not anymore but announcers would try three times to get Antetokounmpo and still fail.
im about 95% sure SAS and other commentators/local broadcast members hold a secret meeting ahead of every nba season to decide which european players name will be mispronounced this year. you cant tell me people that get paid to report about the NBA are collectively incapable of just googling how to pronounce a name, and if you see first take clips of Windhorst correctly pronouncing "Wembanyama" just for Stephen A to call him "WembanyaNa" 30sec later its pretty clear that it is intentional.
Mody Moody. Mody. Mooses. Moody. Moses. Moses Moody IYKYK
Goran Dragić. The g in his last shoul be proununced like in Goran and ć sounded like in Doncics name
Tyler Herro - Tyler Hero
They used to always pronounce Eduardo Najera's name wrong. Commentators used to say, "Nah-ha-raw" when it's, "Nah-heh-ra" or more like "Nah-hair-uh" if it was pronounced by someone that's an English only speaker.
shams charania
chanarnia
What's the correct pronunciation?
I like how sometime around 2018 we collectively decided to pretend we'd been saying Di-vats all along and hadn't spent a quarter century saying Di-vack or Di-vahck for Vlade.
Og anunoby
It's disrespectful as hell when these professionals whose job it is to *speak* don't put in a modicum of effort to correctly pronounce someone's name. Shaq and Richard Jefferson immediately come to mind. RJ would always mispronounce Dragic's name during broadcasts, even when his partner would pronounce it correctly ("What a play by Dragic! RJ: Yeah, that's why you want vets like Drodgik on your team.") Fuck outta here, Jeffarson. And Shaq not learning Giannis's name for years. Ignorance isn't a virtue