Players who don't sound how you expected them to.

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Post#81 » by GoNYK1288 » Wed Jan 9, 2013 2:34 am

Stephen Curry for me. Looks like he should have a softer, higher-pitched voice. I was pretty shocked when I heard him talk for the first time.

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Post#83 » by GoNYK1288 » Wed Jan 9, 2013 2:38 am

Also the Evan Turner/Meatwad comparisons have caused me to piss my pants with laughter.
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Post#84 » by bledredwine » Wed Jan 9, 2013 3:07 am

Evan Turner is possessed by Kermit the Frog.


Omer is a good choice as well. And Iman Shumpert, just because he's such a smooth sounding guy.

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Post#85 » by WeLikeOurGuys » Wed Jan 9, 2013 3:24 am

Semaj wrote:Brandon Bass. I expected him to sound like Shaq for some reason.

I was gonna say him too.
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Post#86 » by Dajadeed » Wed Jan 9, 2013 3:28 am

YiJiLi wrote: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.



It depends on many factors, but age is the pretty much the biggest one. The younger you learn a new language, the lesser the accent will be. That's why if you learn a language in your teens or younger, you will mostly have no accent. Meaning the foreign sounding accent, you'll just pick-up the accent of the local area you learned the language at.
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Post#87 » by Dajadeed » Wed Jan 9, 2013 3:31 am

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Dajadeed wrote:Chris Mullin.

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This only applies if you didn't know Mully was a New Yorker beforehand.


Yeah, I remember the first time I heard him commentating. I went through like a quarter before they mentioned the names and it most definitely shocked the hell out of me to learn the Brooklyn accent dude was Chris Mullin. :lol:

I watched him growing up, but never really heard him in interviews or anything. He was always on the backburner back then, with MJ, Magic, Bird, Dream, etc. Probably the least recognizable of the original Dream Team members, excluding Laettner.
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Post#88 » by darth_federer » Wed Jan 9, 2013 3:37 am

Linas Kleiza. A European who moved to the US to play basketball in high school. Didnt know English back then so he picked up the accent of most of the guys he played with. Sounds like a black guy
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Post#89 » by ComboGuardCity » Wed Jan 9, 2013 3:41 am

Mullin sounds like he's trying to be Mark Jackson.

Also, this thread is pretty much full of Pacific Northwestern guys.

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Post#90 » by mj234eva » Wed Jan 9, 2013 4:10 am

darth_federer wrote:Linas Kleiza. A European who moved to the US to play basketball in high school. Didnt know English back then so he picked up the accent of most of the guys he played with. Sounds like a black guy


How do "black" guys sound? This thread is full of black guys that sound differently, so it'll be interesting to hear what you mean.

And I listened to him, he sounds like he has an accent (foreign). So maybe you mean black guys who have an accent...
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Post#91 » by BlueDawn » Wed Jan 9, 2013 4:26 am

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Post#92 » by tmac101 » Wed Jan 9, 2013 4:34 am

GetMoney wrote:i dont think that's a racist statement. i thought he was pointing out how unconsciously racist this thread is

and he has a point. anytime a black player doesnt sound like an idiot they say "WOW, he's so articulate!!"

pure racism

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Post#93 » by K1NG » Wed Jan 9, 2013 4:39 am

Derrick Rose and Tim Duncan come to mind, but Evan Turner wins this hands down.
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Post#94 » by twomangame » Wed Jan 9, 2013 5:19 am

Crash with his baritone voice. It's awesome and kinda weird at the same time.
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Post#95 » by HINrichPolice » Wed Jan 9, 2013 5:39 am

BJ Armstrong

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Post#96 » by Yab » Wed Jan 9, 2013 5:48 am

Nikola Vucevic

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Post#97 » by Connell » Wed Jan 9, 2013 6:42 am

7 pages and not one Richard Jefferson mention...

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Post#98 » by Dajadeed » Wed Jan 9, 2013 6:51 am

That's becuase knowing what we all allegedly know about Richard Jefferson.... he sounds exactly like we expect him to.
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Post#99 » by BlueDawn » Wed Jan 9, 2013 7:03 am

Wow, I miss Michelle Beadle on the Nets gig. :'(
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Post#100 » by Honey Bear » Wed Jan 9, 2013 7:05 am

jstnw89 wrote:Never expected Rose to sound so articulate


Sounds more articulate than Wade.

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