Previously on That NBA Lottery Pick, we have examined the exploits of one Metta World Peace AKA Ron Artest.Recently, Artest posted this interesting comment to his Twitter page about wanting to be a referee after his career is over:(Courtesy of Metta World Peace Twitter)
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February 11, 2012
The artist formerly known as Ron Artest said on his Twitter account that he would like to become a referee once his playing days are over.
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February 11, 2012
Metta World Peace AKA Ron Artest has had his fair share of interesting comments throughout the duration of his NBA career. Following last night’s 92-85 defeat to the Knicks at the hands of LinSanity’s 38 ...
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February 14, 2012
This should come of no surprise but some of Metta World Peace’s (or Ron Artest) teammates are counting down the days until he has a full on meltdown. Now, to be fair, Peace has been a rather peaceful (yes, that was on purpose) teammate while in Los Angeles. But that was under Phil Jackson’s regime. And the feeling in the Lakers’ locker room is that this new Mike Brown...
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February 13, 2012
LOS ANGELES--There's trouble brewing in the Laker locker room, and not surprisingly, Metta World Peace is at the center of it.
Two players speaking off-the-record say World Peace is "walking around all crazy-like. We're just waiting for him to go off." The other added: "Coach Brown gets all frazzled around the guy, like he's afraid to confront him. He...
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February 14, 2012
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Should the Lakers trade Metta World Peace (aka Ron Artest)? Are his teammates tired of him? According to a report from FoxSportsWest.com, two anonymous Lakers said some of the players would like to see World Peace gone.
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World Peace is “walking around all crazy-like. We’re just waiting for him to go off,”...
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February 12, 2012
It was only a matter of time before someone in the locker room of the underachieving Los Angeles Lakers spoke out on their season to date. Metta World Peace, the player formerly known as Ron Artest, did just that in a recent interview with CBS Sports’ Ken Berger, criticizing new head coach Mike Brown’s coaching style, including [...]
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February 13, 2012
Metta World Peace has a few beefs with Lakers coach Mike Brown, starting with how he’s utilizing Ron Artest (no, I didn’t not slip up, he reverted between his two names) Metta feels that Coach Brown relies to heavily on stats and not the subtle nuances that he brings to the games. “I’m trying to [...]
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February 12, 2012
Metta World Peace is quite the loquacious one lately. A day after delivering some hilarious comments about Jeremy Lin, World Peace came out with some strong words for Lakers coach Mike Brown. Metta is particularly upset about being benched late in games when he feels he shouldn’t be.
“I’m trying to win,” World Peace told CBS Sports’ Ken Berger. “...
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February 12, 2012
Jason WhitneyMetta World Peace is becoming upset with the playing time he is receiving from coach Mike Brown. “Right now, coach is a stats guy. His background is video coordinator or whatever. So he’s all stats. But Ron Artest is all feel. He doesn’t understand that.” It could be because World Peace is shooting 16.4 percent from the [...]Sports-Kings - The...
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February 13, 2012
Over the weekend, Metta World Peace went public with his frustration regarding his playing time (or lack thereof), griping that head coach Mike Brown relies too much on statistics when determining who stays on the floor during the game’s most crucial moments. From CBS Sports: “I’m trying to win,’ World Peace said. ‘And right now, coach is a stats guy...
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