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Bulls announcer butchers an attempt to pronounce Giannis Antetokounmpo's last name

Published by Business Insider on Tue, 04 Oct 2016


The Milwaukee Bucks played the Chicago Bulls in their first preseason game on Wednesday, which meant that Bulls TV color commentator Stacey King was tasked with saying GiannisAntetokounmpo's name live on air just before tip-off.Now, the Greak Freak certainly has one of the longer last names in the NBA, but he's also been in the league now for three years.But King's attempt to pronounce "Antetokounmpo" was truly a spectacular failure.Give it a listen (courtesy of Yahoo):We'll credit King for pronouncingGiannis correctly. And, yes, it's still preseason. TV commentators are, evidently, just as rusty as some of the players.Anyway, here's a helpful phonetic guide to the Greak Freak's name (courtesy of Yahoo's Dan Devine), so you don't have to embarrass yourself as badly as King did:"YAHN-iss ah-deh-toh-KOON-boh."SEE ALSO:NBA POWER RANKINGS: Where all 30 teams stand with preseason underwayJoin the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: The lesson Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman's parents taught her that led to her Olympic success
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