Metta World Peace

Yes, that’s right, Metta World Peace wishes to be an NBA coach once he retires from the NBA. TMZ Sports spoke with Metta World Peace earlier this week about the praise he has been receiving from the Lakers coaching staff. According to them, Metta’s knowledge and experience are incredibly valuable to his team and MWP [...]

Metta World Peace? An assistant coach? In the NBA? Don’t laugh. The Los Angeles Lakers seem prepared to make this happen, according to ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne and Marc Stein: The odds are against Metta World Peace making the Los Angeles Lakers’ Opening Night roster, but the Lakers have interest in keeping the veteran forward around [...]

Metta World Peace may have confirmed some NBA folklore on Tuesday. He apparently did break Michael Jordan’s ribs during a pickup game. Here’s Jordan Heck of the Sporting News with the breakdown: During a Facebook Live interview with Mike and Mike’s Molly Qerim, World Peace talked about the 2001 incident. The possibility of World Peace [...]

Metta World Peace turns 37 in a few weeks. So on a team like the Lakers, he’s merely there to help guide the youngsters. He has played in 23 games this season, but feels like he has much more left in the tank. He will be a free agent this summer and wants to hang [...]

The speculation is over. Metta World Peace has struck a deal to return to the Lakers. At this stage of his career, Metta would be more of a veteran voice off the bench, but if we know Metta, he’ll be more than open to that. The Lakers have a lot of young players, so the [...]

Metta World Peace is a confident man. Maybe too confident. Maybe delusional. The 35-year-old hasn’t played in the NBA since 2013-14, and though he’s interested in returning to the Association, potentially with the Los Angeles Lakers, the odds are against him making any sort of substantive impact for any kind of team—unless, of course, you [...]

Metta World Peace and Kobe Bryant are together again. Almost. According to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, the 35-year-old MWP, who hasn’t played in the NBA since 2013-14, looks to be nearing a return to the Los Angeles Lakers: Yahoo Sources: Metta World Peace has begun to work out daily at Lakers’ facility, inching closer to [...]

A very familiar face could be headed back to the NBA. Metta World Peace has been spending most of his time overseas, playing in China and Italy over the past two seasons. The last time we saw him play in the NBA was with the New York Knicks in 2014, during which he averaged 4.8 [...]

Metta World Peace or these days known as ‘The Panda’s Friend’ was last known to have played overseas, particularly in China. He was signed by the Sichuan Blue Whales and was able average around 19 points per contest in a total of 15 games, which also proved to be sufficient production to receive an invite [...]

After deciding last August to leave the NBA and take his talents to China—the former Lakers forward and NBA champion was quite excited to start a new chapter in his basketball career. He played for the Sichuan Blue Whales this season and averaged 19.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.3 steals in 15 games before being [...]