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Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 10:50 pm
by rockmanslim
Bay Based wrote:The NBA has a lot of players, and as fans not all of us get to hear how all of them sound. We don't all watch interview videos of each player. Sometimes we kind of make assumptions of how these players sound like when they talk. For example, you'd expect a big center to have a deep voice or something.
Are there any players in the NBA who sound different than how you expected them too?
For me, one of those players was Kwame Brown.
Richard Jefferson was surprising as well. He was a flashy player in his prime so I kind of expected him to be somewhat of a smooth talker for some reason. He kind of has a geeky voice, but it's cool how he's that down to earth type of guy.
For a lot of NBA fans, I'm sure a lot of them were surprised by Monta Ellis. Dude has a thick accent.
Just went to youtube to hear Kwame talk, and you're right. He really does sound like he has a future as a broadcaster. From watching him bumble his way on the court I didn't expect that.
Also, Kyrie Irving sounds like a surfer.
Also x2 Andrew Nicholson sounds like a nerd, like he's a physics major or something.
Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 10:58 pm
by Nowitness
No Tim Duncans? I always thought he'ld be soft spoken, but I always feel like he should have a really, really deep voice.
Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 10:59 pm
by Dajadeed
Chris Mullin.
/thread.
Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 11:00 pm
by NOODLESTYLE
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCexdGBrvAY[/youtube]
Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 11:06 pm
by Zubby
Mullin looks exactly like he sounds I don't get the Asik... He is a giant Turkish dude who plays bball That what I expected.
I agree with the Evan Turner, its a result of a car accident but here it is:
Evan Turner is Meatwad mad lots of money in his HS & college years...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KBdlhoQfI0[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jzyKlznF_w[/youtube]
Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 11:09 pm
by rockmanslim
Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 11:34 pm
by lawrybeard
Effigy wrote:He's not a player any more, but I remember the first time I ever heard Avery Johnson speak....
First person I thought of too.
Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 12:10 am
by mixerball
Mr Grant Hill wrote:StatLine wrote:Pau Gasol. You'd think he'd have a heavy accent.
i think he has a pretty strong accent, no? i actually think his english is rather bad considering how long he has lived in the states.
what? his english is great.
Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 12:21 am
by boogie-reke
NOODLESTYLE wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCexdGBrvAY[/youtube]
Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 12:25 am
by boogie-reke
Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 12:27 am
by Spottieottie
Oh this is Tim Duncan 100%!!! My life was changed the day I heard him speak. Suddenly anything was possible...
Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 12:30 am
by Spottieottie
mik0 wrote:Brandon Roy. I expected his voice to have more bass to it. Still was a beast though haha
Oh yeah him too!
Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 12:38 am
by Muggsy Bogues
Dajadeed wrote:Chris Mullin.
/thread.
This only applies if you didn't know Mully was a New Yorker beforehand.
Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 1:03 am
by RoyalWun
Zubby wrote:Mullin looks exactly like he sounds I don't get the Asik... He is a giant Turkish dude who plays bball That what I expected.
I agree with the Evan Turner, its a result of a car accident but here it is:
Evan Turner is Meatwad mad lots of money in his HS & college years...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KBdlhoQfI0[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jzyKlznF_w[/youtube]
Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 1:52 am
by AKFO
It's really not that hard to lose accents. My mom was born in the Caribbean and my dad in Ghana and there's no trace of an accent since I can remember.
Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 2:07 am
by StocktonShorts
If I was Turner I'd embrace the Meatwad similarity and make it my nickname. There's no better character in the history of television.
Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 2:13 am
by NjNeTs1029
Reggie Evans
Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 2:19 am
by Semaj
Brandon Bass. I expected him to sound like Shaq for some reason.
Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 2:31 am
by bullsnewdynasty
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWsI9P5zW9I[/youtube]
Raymond Felton, sounds like an old ass dude if you just listen to his voice
Re: Players who don't sound how you expected them to.
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 2:34 am
by Young_Star11
Monta Ellis for me. Cool dude though.
