Victor Wembanyama has been a sensation up to now in his rookie season, making the San Antonio Spurs related league-wide for the primary time in years.
Sadly, TNT announcer Reggie Miller remains to be having a tricky time announcing Wembanyama’s identify, evidenced by Thursday evening’s broadcast of the Spurs’ recreation towards the visiting Milwaukee Bucks.
Miller mispronounced the rookie phenom’s identify as Wembanyana—with an “NA” on the finish as a substitute of the right “MA”—all through the sport. Making issues worse was the truth that Thursday was Wembanyama’s twentieth birthday.
You may hear Miller’s gaffe across the 50-second mark within the second clip under.
The unimaginable Wemby-Giannis sequences maintain approaching TNT. 🏀🦄🔥 pic.twitter.com/iZtnVbV4TJ
— Terrible Saying (@awfulannouncing) January 5, 2024
Wembanyama produced 27 factors, 9 rebounds and 5 blocks in 26 minutes of San Antonio’s 125–121 loss to Milwaukee. However some followers have been preoccupied with Miller’s issue saying Wembanyama’s identify.
Listed below are among the greatest reactions from social media:
How does Reggie Miller nonetheless not know find out how to say Wembanyama?!
— Keith J. Varadi (@la_timing) January 5, 2024
This recreation has been so good that not even Reggie Miller calling Victor Wembanyama WembanyaNA again and again has been in a position to break it
— Jeje Gomez (@JejeGomezNBA) January 5, 2024
Reggie Miller can’t say Wembanyama. He at all times says Wembanyana. 🤦🏼♂️
— Stark (@Starkastic8) January 5, 2024
Reggie Miller ought to be fired for what number of instances he mispronounces Wembanyama’s identify. He even paused and nonetheless bought it mistaken
— Alex Koslow (@koslow75) January 5, 2024
HOW MANY TIMES IS REGGIE MILLER GOING TO MISPRONOUNCE “WEMBANYAMA”?!?!!
— V4E Mac (@MacPena) January 5, 2024
In some unspecified time in the future Reggie Miller goes to need to learn to pronounce Wembanyama, proper?
— Mr. Face of the Franchise (@tinylittlehomie) January 5, 2024
Reggie Miller will say 100 incorrect variations of Wembanyama and by no means really feel like he bought it mistaken lmao
— New Vanguard (@120ss) January 5, 2024
Wembanyama is simply simply starting what many predict will likely be an extended, profitable profession, and Miller virtually actually will likely be calling his video games sooner or later. Hopefully, the previous Indiana Pacers star learns find out how to pronounce the identify by the subsequent time he has to name a Spurs recreation.
Perhaps the NBA world ought to minimize Miller a little bit of slack, although. In spite of everything, the Spurs made the very same mistake on Wembanyama’s jersey just lately.
