We're all going to need a little help tomorrow saying some of these names, so here you go: 2013 NBA DRAFT PROSPECT PRONUNCIATION GUIDE (As of June 26, 2013) Alex Abrines Alex ah-BREE-ness Giannis Antetokounmpo YAHN-iss ahn-teh-toe-KUHN-poe Jared Berggren Jared BURR-grin Jonas Bergstedt YO-nahs bairg-STED Reggie Bullock Reggie bull-LOCK Junior Cadougan Junior Cah-DOO-gun Kentavious Caldwell-Pope ken-TAY-vee-us Caldwell-Pope Isaiah Canaan Isaiah Cannon Vitalis Chikoko Vee-tahl-iss CHEE-co-co Allen Crabbe Allen Crab Brandon Davies Brandon DAY-vees Matthew Dellavedova Matthew dell-ah-veh-DOH-vuh Gorgui Dieng GORE-gee Jeng Laszlo Dobos LASS-lo DOE-bose Bojan Dubljevic BOY-ahn do-BLEH-vitch Carrick Felix CARE-ick Felix Abdul Gaddy Abdul Gad-ee Rudy Gobert Rudy go-BARE Elias Harris Uh-LEE-us Harris Livio Jean-Charles lee-VEE-oh Zhawn Charles Myck Kabongo Mike Kah-BONG-oh Kenny Kadji Kenny kah-jee Sergey Karasev sir-GAY kah-RAH-soff Arsalan Kazemi are-suh-lahn kah-ZEE-me Mindaugas Kupsas min-DOE-gus COOP-shus Joffrey Lauvergne Joff-ree LA-vern-yea Ricky Ledo Ricky LEE-doh Augusto Lima oh-GOOSE-toe LEE-mah Oleksandr Lypovyy ah-LEX-SAHN-der lee-POE-vee Amath M’Baye ah-MOTT M-by Brock Motum Brock Moe-tum Shabazz Muhammad Shuh-BOZZ Muhammad Mike Muscala Mike muss-KAL-uh Dejan Musli DEH-yahn MOOSE-lee Aziz N'Diaye AH-zeese N-jie Nemanja Nedovic nay-MON-yah ned-OH-vitch Raul Neto RAH-oohl NET-oh Nerlens Noel Nerlens Know-ELL Lucas “Bebe” Nogueira Lucas BAY-BAY new-GAY-ruh Victor Oladipo Victor oh-luh-DEE-poe Kelly Olynyk Kelly O-lin-ick Alex Oriakhi Alex or-EE-AH-KEY Romero Osby Romero AHZ-bee Achille Polonara Achille Poe-low-NAH-RAH Alexandre Paranhos alex-ANDRE pah-RAHN-yose Bogdan Radosavljevic BŌG-dahn rah-doe-SAH-lay-vitch Andre Roberson Andre ROB-er-sun Dennis Schroeder Dennis Shroe-derr Peyton Siva Peyton SEE-vuh Michael Snaer Michael Snare DJ Stephens DJ STEF-ens Daniel Theis Daniel Thays Janis Timma Yahn-iss tee-MAH Marko Todorovic Marko toe-DOE-row-vitch Brandon Triche Brandon TRISH Jeff Withey Jeff WITH-ee Khalif Wyatt Kah-LEAF Wyatt Mouphtaou Yarou MOOF-toe yah-ROO
Several of these are wrong. Alex Abrines Alex ah-BREE-ness Wrong. It is Allex Uhbrines Giannis Antetokounmpo YAHN-iss ahn-teh-toe-KUHN-poe Wrong. Totally wrong. Not even close. It is Yawnis Ahdaytowkunbo Laszlo Dobos LASS-lo DOE-bose This is not right either. It's Lazlo Doebose Bojan Dubljevic BOY-ahn do-BLEH-vitch Not right either. Should be Boyan Dueblehvich Mindaugas Kupsas min-DOE-gus COOP-shus That's wrong. It's Mindowgus Coopsus Oleksandr Lypovyy ah-LEX-SAHN-der lee-POE-vee No. Should be Ahleksandar. Bogdan Radosavljevic BŌG-dahn rah-doe-SAH-lay-vitch Nope. Bogdahn Radosavlayvich Marko Todorovic Marko toe-DOE-row-vitch No. Correct is Toedoerowvich Dejan Musli DEH-yahn MOOSE-lee Wrong. Dayshon is correct. Nemanja Nedovic nay-MON-yah ned-OH-vitch Incorrect. It is Nedohvich Achille Polonara Achille Poe-low-NAH-RAH Nope. Should be Ahshillay Polonahrah Dennis Schroeder Dennis Shroe-derr I'm not sure on this one, but I believe it is pronounced as Schrader. I'm not sure what source you got this from, maybe NBA.com (as they are notoriously horribly known for listing completely wrong pronunciations of foreign player's names)....... Anyway, many, many errors in that list.
edit: this is closer Bogdan Radosavljevic BŌG-dahn rah-doe-SAH-lay-vitch should be Bogdahn Radosavlayevich Bojan Dubljevic BOY-ahn do-BLEH-vitch should be Boyan Dueblayevich
nah, Clutch's version looks correct. i haven't looked at all of these but the original list looks pretty good. some of the sounds are just very hard to re-create. like, Jean-Charles would sound more like "Zhawn Sharrgghl" (like the pirate "arrggh!") than "Zhawn Charles"
This is a US based site. So the pronunciations should be like Americans say it. It's not really proper pronunciation for transferring from Europe, as that is how Welsh pronunciations are used to English form. But that's how Americans say it.
