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Charles Barkley horribly butchers pronunciation of Matthew Dellavedova’s name

by Ricky O'Donnell
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Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen Charles Barkley trip over the name of an international NBA player. Remember the Great Jonas Valanciunas Fiasco of 2014? Good times.

With Sir Charles on the call for the Cavs-Spurs game on Thursday, Barkley had the opportunity to try to pronounce Matthew Dellavedova’s name. It took him a few tries, and it still didn’t go so well.

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