The most annoying thing about this series....

[cornbread]

You guys do know that Nene's real name is "Maybyner Rodney Hilario". RODNEY as ing middle name.

http://www.nba.com/playerfile/nene/bio.html

Much like Robert Van Winkle, it just doesn't have that ring.

[T Park]

You are wise beyond your years.

The sarcasm dripped right into me damn keyboard.

[Obstructed_View]

You guys do know that Nene's real name is "Maybyner Rodney Hilario". RODNEY as ing middle name.

http://www.nba.com/playerfile/nene/bio.html

IIRC his parents just made up his name by taking turns choosing letters. Maybyner is not the worst it could have turned out.

[T Park]

id rather have my name be Rodney than Nene.

[Obstructed_View]

Especially since Nene means "baby".

[Dave McNulla]

I just wish dude would go back to using his last name - Hillario.

After all, who does he think he is anyway - Pele?

hillario sounds like hilarious. he doesn't want to be a joke. same reason that osco called their store sav-on in the SW, and the nova was renamed (means somethign like won't go).

[judaspriestess]

same thing with Najera, the correct pronouncement is : NA-HEH-RA

not NAH-HARA its so annoying.

[SRJ]

Yeah, I hate Marv Albert's "Nah-ha-rah" pronunciation.

I'm also not fond of "Vair-uh-jow" (Anderson Varejao), but I don't see how anyone could anglicize that name more accurately.

[ShoogarBear]

The sarcasm dripped right into me damn keyboard.

No seriously, since he changed the pronounciation of his name maybe 10 years before you were born.

[ShoogarBear]

And I can't believe nobody has said anything about "Maybyner".

If that is someone's name, I could understand why he would rather be called "Throat-Warbler-Mangrove".

[MannyIsGod]

My bad... you should have posted this pic: we would have recognized him immediately.

Don't make me post a pic Lavar Arrington packing Aikman's bags.


Oh, and Tpark got off light after bagging on yet ANOTHER country. Jesus.

[naico]

i think he just Americanized his name for all of us....i recall him saying that technically his name is pronounced "Dierk No-vit-ski"

i could be wrong tho.

thats how it should be pronounced idd..ridiculous calling him DURK

[cambrad]

just call him big baby.

Prepare to be dominated by a big baby.

[Man of Steel]

To make it easier, lets have one pronuciation--

"Gay Nay"

[cambrad]

To make it easier, lets have one pronuciation--

"Gay Nay"

Uh no.

[ShoogarBear]

"This is a dumb thread."

"Yeah, totally stupid."

[ploto]

After an entire season of listening to the butchering of Bargnani, Garbajosa, and Nesterovic, this pales in comparison.

[SkunkinDuncan]

Why do all the announcers pronounce Nenê's name as nuh-NAY? It sounds ridiculous.

It's NAY-nay. Just like it's pronounced in Spanish. In Portugese, the hat over the e means it's part of an unemphasized syllable. If it was spelled Nené then it would be pronounced nay-NAY. But it's not.

Every single announcer pronounces his name like this.

Well, since no one else bothered........

He pronounces it NuhNay. They (broadcaster's, etc.) used to say NayNay until he corrected them. So whether it's annoying, phonetically wrong or stupid, that's how he pronounces it.

I personally call him NayNay.

[dmac]

Nobody pronounce's Dirk's name right either...they say No-Vit-zki instead of No-WIT-ski...

Nene, Novitski whatever still comes out loser in the end.

[Phonzie20]

Well, since no one else bothered........

He pronounces it NuhNay. They (broadcaster's, etc.) used to say NayNay until he corrected them. So whether it's annoying, phonetically wrong or stupid, that's how he pronounces it.

I personally call him NayNay.

I just call him bAb-ay