/taɪ̯s/ is my best bet, and it is in moments like this I regret dropping German after a couple of years.
I'm p sure there is at least one German native speaker in the Forums though, I remember him commenting on Theis and the German national team a few days ago.
you are correct.. not native speaker (trying hard though).
th in german is pronounced as t
and ei as i in ice
so it is tice
It's actually more like "dice". I'm not a native speaker, either, but I have a degree in German and had phonetics as part of my Middle High German class.
My stereotype of Germans is that they're inclined to split hairs - and maybe people who find their ways into Middle High German classes fit the stereotype as well...
Perhaps Daniel Theis will show an obsessive attention to detail, something that will serve him well in the NBA.