2005 NBA Draft Pronunciation Guide

[Kori Ellis]

2005 NBA DRAFT PRONUNCIATIONS

DEJI AKINDELE (DAY-gee a-KIN-del-lay) - Lagos, Nigeria - Chicago State
CENK AKYOL (CHENK AK-e-ol) - Istanbul, Turkey - Efes Pilsen
MUSTAFA AL-SAYYAD (MOO-staf-a AL-SIGH-ed) - Khartoum, Sudan - Fresno State
MARTYNAS ANDRIUSKEVICIUS (mar-TEE-nas on-droosh-KE-vee-choos) - Kaunas, Lithuania - Zalgiris
ENDER ARSLAN (en-DER ar-SLAN) - Tugsavul, Turkey - Efes Pilsen
KELENNA AZUBUIKE (KA-lane-a A-zu-bee-kay) - London, England - Kentucky
MURILO BECKER (moo-REE-loe BE-ker) - Farroupilha, Brazil - Preto, Brazil
ANDREW BOGUT (BOW-goot) - Melbourne, Australia - Utah
IANNIS BOUROUSSIS (YA-nees ba-ROO-sis) - Karditsa, Greece - AEK Athens
POVILAS CUKINAS (POE-vi-las CHOO-kee-nas) - Trakai, Lithuania - Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius
IKE DIOGU (Dee-o-goo) - Arizona State
OLU FAMUTIMI (O-lew-a FA-ma-to-me) - - Arkansas
ANDERSON FERREIRA (FER-air-A) - - Chipola JC
DENG GAI (GUY) - Sudan - Fairfield University
FRANCISCO GARCIA (GAR-se-Ah) - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - Louisville
MICKAEL GELABALE (JELL-a-bal) - Guadalope - Real Madrid
ANGELO GIGLI (AN-gel-o GEEL-ee) - Italy - Reggio Emilia
MARCIN GORTAT (MAR-chin GOR-tot) - Lodz, Poland - RheinEnergie Koln, Germany
EDUARDO HERNANDEZ-SONSECA (hair-NON-des sone-SE-ka) - Madrid, Spain - CB Gran Canaria, Spain
ALEX HERVELLE (HER-vel) - Liege, Belgium - Real Madrid
MARCELO HUERTAS (mar-SEL-loe hoo-WER-tas) - Santa Catarina, Brazil - Badalona, Spain
MILE ILIC (MEE-lay EEL-ich) - Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina - BC Reflex
ERSAN ILYASOVA (ER-san eel-ya-SO-va) - Eskisehir, Turkey - Ulker Istanbul
MINDAUGAS KATELYNAS (MIN-doe-gus ka-te-LEE-nas) - Alytus, Lithuania - Tennessee-Chattanooga
LINAS KLEIZA (LEE-nas KLAY-za) - Kaunas, Lithuania - Missouri
YAROSLAV KOROLEV (YAR-a-slav CORE-ro-lev) - Moscow, Russia - Russia
KRESIMIR LONCAR (KRESH-ee-meer LAWN-char) - Split, Croatia - BC Kiev
ERAZEM LORBEK (e-RA-zum LOR-bek) - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Bologna
DIRK MAEDRICH (MAD-rih) - Moers, Germany - Braunschweig, Germany
MILAN MAJSTOROVIC (MEE-lan MY-store-a-vich) - Novi Sad, Serbia & Montenegro - Climamio Bologna
STEFANO MANCINELLI (STE-fa-noe man-chee-NE-lee) - Chieti, Italy - Climamio, Bologna
IAN MAHINMI (YAN MY-ee-me) - France - Le Havre
JUAN MENDEZ (MEN-dez) - Montreal, Quebec - Niagara
DRAGO PASALIC (DRA-go pa-SA-lich) - Split, Croatia - KK Split
JOHAN PETRO (JOE-han PET-tro) - Paris, France - Pau Orthez
FILIBERTO RIVERA (RIV-era) - Hato Rey, Puerto Rico - Texas El-Paso
LUKE SCHENSCHER (SHEN-shur) - Hope Forest, Australia - Georgia Tech
UROS SLOKAR (OO-rosh SLOW-car) - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Snaidero Udine
RONNY TURIAF (RO-nee too-ree-OFF) - LeRobert, Martinique - Gonzaga
ROKO UKIC (RO-ko OO-keech) - Split, Croatia - KK Split
FRAN VANQUEZ (fran VAS-kez) - Carballedo Lugo, Spain - Unicaja Malaga
NIKOS ZISIS (NEE-kos ZEE-sees) - Thessalonki, Greece - AEK Athens

[spurschick]

:lol :lol :lol
That was a lot of work!

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Bay-no Ooh-dric

[timvp]

Good chance the Spurs' pick is on the above list :)

[Kori Ellis]

I don't know who put it together. It was issued by the NBA (so I'm not even sure how accurate it is) :lol

[SLOVENIAN 8]

ERAZEM LORBEK (e-RA-zum LOR-bek) - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Bologna

UROS SLOKAR (OO-rosh SLOW-car) - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Snaidero Udine

:smokin :smokin

And Smodis might come to NBA this year so 8 slovenians in NBA :smokin :smokin :smokin

But Lorbek was said that he want to stay for one more year here in Europe to improve himself befor go in NBA, we will see

[Kori Ellis]

Bay-no Ooh-dric

The NBA one for Beno says "BAY-no OOH-dree". :lol

[Pistons < Spurs]

Thats great!

[thispego]

hahahahahaha, Slovenian8!!
I LOVE the new addition to your sig!!! the owned pic with rasho/kg/trophy/owned
hahahahahahahah, god that shit is funny

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

ANDREW BOGUT (BOW-goot)

I've never heard his name pronounced like that, and I've seen him play at least a dozen times. It might be right, but a lot of announcers are wrong.

[Marcus Bryant]

KUNTA KINTE (KOON-tah KIN-tay) Africa