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Metta World Peace, "I Want To Be A Referee After I Retire"

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)
Via That NBA Lottery Pick  |  2 hours ago
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Metta World Peace Wants More Playing Time

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...
Via Sports-Kings  |  5 hours ago
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Metta World Peace goes off on LinSanity’s Lack of Fashion

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 ...
Via IntheOT  |  1 day ago
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Metta wants to be a referee

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.

Via TheProBasketballTalk  |  1 day ago
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Los Angeles Lakers to Amnesty Metta World Peace?

The Los Angeles Lakers decided not to use their amnesty clause before the start of this season, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t planning to exercise it at some point. While the Lakers enjoy having Ron Artest Metta World Peace on their roster, and he’s very popular with his teammates, general manager Mitch Kupchak is likely to amnesty the man referred to MWP this offseason...
Via Rumors and Rants  |  4 days ago
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‘World Peace’ ends Super Bowl halftime show, shout out to Metta?

The phrase “world peace” ended the halftime show of the Super Bowl and it didn’t take long for the Ron Artest jokes to come flying in. Even the man himself, Metta World Peace, joked about it being a shoutout to him. Yeah, sorry to disappoint, but I’m pretty sure people were hoping for world peace long before Ron Ron changed his name. Still, Baron Davis had...
Via Larry Brown Sports  |  6 days ago
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Metta World Peace Still Signing Autographs as Ron Artest

When we posted our story last week about Metta World Peace saying he got bored on defense because he was too good, we took a lot of crap for calling him by his former name, Ron Artest. Turns out our decision wasn’t too disrespectful — Metta isn’t even at the point where he’s signing autographs by his new name. Metta’s personal assistant arrived at the...
Via Larry Brown Sports  |  13 days ago
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Metta World Peace’s career isn’t in decline; He says he’s just been bored

  Metta World Peace has been relegated to the bench this season under Mike Brown and is having the worst season of his career. And while he’s coming off one of his best all-around performances of the season in the Lakers’ win over Lob City on Wednesday, it’s safe to assume the player formerly known as Ron Artest is in the twilight of his career. But when asked about it, World...
Via The Daily Rival  |  15 days ago
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Ron Artest Says His Defense Slipped Because He Was Bored from Being too Good

Ron Artest has been known as one of the better defensive players in the NBA throughout most of his career. Teams bring in Artest — oops, Metta World Peace — to prevent points, not score them. World Peace almost always draws the assignment of defending an opponent’s best offensive player, but this year his defense has slipped a bit. Some say it’s simply age taking its course...
Via Larry Brown Sports  |  16 days ago
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Metta World Peace Loves ‘Peace Corps’ Nickname for Lakers Bench

It takes a lot to impress the clinically insane. With a guy like Metta World Peace, you need to come up with something really unique to impress him — let alone get him to pay attention. The fan site Lakers Nation recently came up with a nickname for World Peace and the rest of the Lakers’ bench players: the Peace Corps. Although it is not the nickname World Peace himself would...
Via Larry Brown Sports  |  January 04, 2012
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