OT: which foreign NBA player speaks the best English?

panik · 11-21-13, 06:20 AM

Dikembe Mutombo tops my list.

Jikos · 11-21-13, 06:42 AM

Dirk fo sho

WalkingLuckCharm · 11-21-13, 06:43 AM

Serge ibaka

JoJo5473 · 11-21-13, 06:52 AM

Originally posted by panik

Dikembe Mutombo tops my list.

I've heard that he speaks 6 languages, but I sometimes can't understand what he says perhaps because of his strong accent.

JoJo5473 · 11-21-13, 06:53 AM

Originally posted by WalkingLuckCharm

Serge ibaka

You serious? Is he better than Dirk? I rarely hear him speak.

Fl6j66 · 11-21-13, 07:00 AM

I think Gortat's English is pretty good.

Shazzadude · 11-21-13, 07:51 AM

Originally posted by JoJo5473

I think it's between Dirk and Pau, and native English speakers like Steve Nash and Tim Duncan don't count.

Andrew Bogut wins by your criteria then. His native language is Croatian, but he was raised in Australia so he speaks perfect English.

redtagboys · 11-21-13, 07:54 AM

Tony Parker pretty good English skills too, Goran Dragic, Gortat, Bogut, Kirelenko decent, Dirk real good.

Andy90 · 11-21-13, 08:14 AM

Jeff Taylor, Bobcats. Swedish, but his father is from the states.

easyliving · 11-21-13, 12:14 PM

Ball

Yerba Lurker · 11-21-13, 12:18 PM

English grammatically, or a faded native accent? Dirk by a long shot with a deteriorated accent.

Batum-shakalaka is coming along nicely in PDX...

Big Bear · 11-21-13, 12:42 PM

what about Bismack Biyombo?

he is starting to pick up english

JoJo5473 · 11-21-13, 07:15 PM

Originally posted by Shazzadude

Andrew Bogut wins by your criteria then. His native language is Croatian, but he was raised in Australia so he speaks perfect English.

That is interesting, I didn't know he is Croatian, but since he grew up in Australia that makes him a native English speaker.

JoJo5473 · 11-21-13, 07:19 PM

Originally posted by Andy90

Jeff Taylor, Bobcats. Swedish, but his father is from the states.

I think that makes him a native English speaker too.

Andy90 · 11-22-13, 06:39 AM

Edit -> Answer to: "I think that makes him a native English speaker too."

Maybe. But he is born and raised in the same town as me here in Sweden. He talks excellent swedish as well.

JoJo5473 · 11-23-13, 06:30 AM

Originally posted by Andy90

Edit -> Answer to: "I think that makes him a native English speaker too."

Maybe. But he is born and raised in the same town as me here in Sweden. He talks excellent swedish as well.

I guess that makes him bilinguial. What is your town like? Weather? Population? And 5 posts in 2 and half years... I thought I should start posting more.