Lauren Justice for The New York Times
MILWAUKEE — Mike Budenholzer, the coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, recently described Giannis Antetokounmpo as a “monster” at one of his postgame news conferences.
In that moment, as he stood a few feet from Budenholzer, Brice Christianson tried to work out in his head how to interpret that word for his audience watching live on social media. Christianson, a sign language interpreter, decided that using the word “monster” would have been too literal, so he signed for the word “explosive” instead.
Afterward, Christianson was second-guessing himself. Sports jargon can be tricky.