Name game
The new faces with the Thunder bring new names.
And a few of them don’t exactly roll off the tongue.
If you want to talk Thunder with your friends this season and sound like you know what’s going on, check out this pronunciation guide.
(We even threw in returners whose names might require a refresher.)
COACHES
Mark Daigneault: DAYG-nalt
David Akinyooye: ah-kin-YO-yay
RETURNERS
Darius Bazley: BAZE-lee
Hamidou Diallo: HA-muh-dew dee-AH-low
Luguentz Dort: loo-GHENTZ
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: shay GILL-juss
NEWCOMERS
Theo Maledon: tay-oh mal-eh-DOAN
Aleksej Pokusevski: ah-lek-say po-coo-SHEV-ski
Isaiah Roby: row-bee
Kenrich Williams: ken-rich