Favorite Mispronounced NBA Names

"Manoo Bone"

"Kobe Bryan" (without the T) annoying.

friends used to say "Scottie Pipkins"

funny, not a mispronounce of Yao Ming but I heard people on several occasions refer to Mao Tse Tung as "Yao Tse Tung"....which is just proof of Yao's enormous popularity.

Al-Farouq Amino

When I was in elementary school, some of my friends used to say Dikembe Matombo.

yeah, everyone pronounced like that, I may have even been caught doing it on purpose because it sounded funnier and more intimidating.

Lee Bron James (Lee Van Cleef?)

i think it was marv albert that called shannon brown chris brown once

nope it was van gundy youtube.com/watch?v=gVaSJFP3mYg

Leon Powe - People say Pow!

Rajon Rondo - People say his first name with all sorts of different pronunciations

Hasheen Thabeet - People sometimes pronounce his first name Tha-Beet

People sometimes call him Paul Gasol.

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"Kobe Bryan" (without the T) annoying.

i think it was marv albert that called shannon brown chris brown once

Leon Powe - People say Pow!

nope it was van gundy youtube.com/watch?v=gVaSJFP3mYg

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