The 2019 NBA Draft is here, and several NBA Draft prospects with difficult names to pronounce. To help you know how to say your team’s latest draft picks, we’ve got a full 2019 NBA Draft Pronunciation Guide for players like Goga Bitadze, Sekou Doumbouya, Bol Bol, Rui Hachimura, Mfiondu Kabengele, Chuma Okeke, Deividas Sirvydis, Matisse Thybulle and many more.
We also know that a Pronunciation Guide is pretty boring. So we’ve let Mitchell Renz make his blind attempt to say the names! He eventually gets to the correct one (you’re welcome), but botches quite a few along the way. Enjoy!
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Here’s the full 2019 NBA Draft pronunciation guide:
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
nuh-KEEL
Darius Bazley
Bayz-Ley (NOT BAZ-LEY)
Goga Bitadze
Go-Ga | Bee-Taad-Zay
Ignas Brazdeikis
Ig-Nas | brahz-day-kiss
Bol Bol
Bowl | Bowl
Zylan Cheatham
ZY-lin Cheat-um
Luguentz Dort
Loo-Genz | Dort
Sekou Doumbouya
Sek-ou | Dem-Boo-Yah
Rui Hachimura
ROO-ee | HATCH-ee-MURR-uh
Tyler Herro
HERO
Mfiondu Kabengele
Fi-On-DU | Cab-Egg-Nail-EE
Louis King
Louis (Not Louie)
Christ Koumadje
Chris with a T | Koo-MA-G
Sagaba Konate
SAG-uh-bah | kuh-NOT-ay
Jalen Lecque
Jalen | Le-Q
Marcos Louzada Silva
Lou-Saad-A | Silva
Vanja Marinkovic
Van-Yah | Mar-Ink-o-Vic
Adam Mokoka
Mo-Ko-Ka
Joshua Obiesie
Obi-ess-uh
Chuma Okeke
CHOO-muh | oh-KEE-KEE
KZ Okpala
Kezie “KZ” | OCK-pol-ah
Miye Oni
Me-A | Own-ee
Shamorie Ponds
sha-MORE-ee | Ponds
Luka Samanic
Sha-Man-ich
Simisola Shittu
SIMI-sola SHITT-u
Deividas Sirvydis
Day-Vee-Das | Sir-V-Dis
Alen Smailagic
Allen | Smile-a-GEECH
Matisse Thybulle
MAH-teece | THIGH-bull
Quinndary Weatherspoon
quinn-DARE-ee | Weather-spoon
Yovel Zoosman
Yo-Vel | Zeus-Man
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