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Ersan Ilyasova, your English teacher du jour

April 21, 2012

BallinEurope’s friends over at online language tutoring site English Baby recently managed to enlist another Continental star into assisting some students with their second-language studies: At right about the time Ersan Ilyasova was taking NBA Player of the Week honors, English Baby “asked him to teach the English learning masses about [offensive rebounds and second-chance points]. We also talked with him about learning languages.”

Bonus: The quadralingual Ilyasova also provides us with the Turkish word for “tip in.”

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  1. David Backes Jersey
    13 years ago

    so lucky to read your post, i will read your post time to time,thank you!

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  2. Drosha
    13 years ago

    “Hucum ribaundu” means “offensive rebound” in Turkish (hucum means offense, ribaund is obviously rebound). There is no specific word for tipping in.

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13 years ago 2 Comments More, NBA/NCAAErsan Ilyasova, Milwaukee Bucks, NBA, NBA 2011-12, Turkey
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