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Metta World Peace  F  15
(Ron Artest)
Current Team: Los Angeles Lakers
Date Of Birth: Nov 13, 1979 (33 years old)
Birthplace: Queens, New York (United States)
Nationality: United States
Height: 6-7 (201cm)      Weight: 260 (118kg)   
Current Agent: Doug Davis
Current NBA Status: Under Contract (Los Angeles Lakers)
 


Draft Entry: 1999 NBA Draft
Early Entry Info: 1999 Early Entrant
Pre-Draft Team: St. John's (So)
Draft Rights Trade: N/A
Draft Rights Renounced: N/A
High School: La Salle Academy [New York, New York (United States)]
AAU Team: N/A

Metta World Peace News


Metta World Peace Expects To Miss Game 4

Apr 27, 2013 | Dave McMenamin/ESPN
Metta World Peace went scoreless in 17 minutes in Friday's Game 3 blowout loss to the Spurs.

World Peace Plans To Return Tuesday, 12 Days After Knee Surgery

Apr 08, 2013 | Royce Young/CBS Sports
Metta World Peace had knee surgery for a torn meniscus on March 28, with a six-week recovery period expected.

World Peace Sheds Crutches, Optimistic About Rehab

Apr 04, 2013 | Mark Medina/Los Angeles Daily News
Metta World Peace underwent surgery last week to repair a lateral meniscus tear in his left knee.

World Peace Undergoes Successful Surgery On Knee

Mar 28, 2013 | RealGM Staff Report
Metta World Peace is expected to be out a minimum of six weeks.

World Peace Sidelined At Least Six Weeks With Torn Meniscus

Mar 27, 2013 | RealGM Staff Report
Metta World Peace has averaged almost 13 points and five rebounds in 70 games this season as the lone Lakers starter to play in all games before the injury.

Metta World Peace Out With Torn Meniscus In Left Knee

Mar 27, 2013 | Dave McMenamin/ESPNLosAngeles
The Lakers have 11 games remaining on their regular season schedule.

Karl Irked By World Peace's Scarring Hit On Faried

Mar 01, 2013 | Ben Bolch/Los Angeles Times
Metta World Peace popped Kenneth Faried so hard that he left Faried with a scar.

World Peace's Hit On Faried Doesn't Warrant Action From NBA

Feb 27, 2013 | Benjamin Hochman/Denver Post
As of Wednesday, the NBA also had not taken any action against Metta World Peace clubbing Kenneth Faried.

World Peace Suspended One Game For Incident With Knight

Feb 05, 2013 | RealGM Staff Report
Metta World Peace will sit out Tuesday's game against the Brooklyn Nets.

World Peace Fine With Bench Role

Dec 22, 2012 | Kevin Ding/Orange County Register
Ron Artest is fine with his new bench role.

Lakers Prepared To Offer Bynum, Peace For Howard

Jul 03, 2012 | Jarrod Rudolph/RealGM
The Lakers are prepared to offer Andrew Bynum and Metta World Peace to the Magic in a trade for Dwight Howard.

World Peace Not Planning To Acknowledge Harden

May 13, 2012 | ESPNLosAngeles.com
Metta World Peace has no interest in extending a hand to James Harden when the Lakers open their Western Conference semifinals series against the Thunder.

World Peace Remaining Engaged With Team During Suspension

May 05, 2012 | Kevin Ding/Orange County Register
Metta World Peace is not allowed at the arena for games during his suspension.

World Peace Down To 8.6 Percent Body Fat

May 02, 2012 | USA TODAY
Metta World Peace lost 22 pounds over the course of this season.

World Peace Receives Seven-Game Suspension

Apr 24, 2012 | RealGM Staff Report
Metta World Peace will miss the final Lakers' game of the regular season and their first six playoff games.

World Peace Ejected For Elbowing Harden

Apr 22, 2012 | Orange County Register
Metta World Peace was assessed a flagrant-two foul for elbowing James Harden in the side of the head.

World Peace Taking Bigger Leadership Role Since Fisher Trade

Apr 12, 2012 | Mike Bresnahan/Los Angeles Times
Metta World Peace has been more talkative on the court and during timeouts.

Lakers Name Devin Ebanks Starting Small Forward

Dec 24, 2011 | Janis Carr/Orange County Register
Devin Ebanks has been named a Lakers starter, beating out both Metta World Peace and Matt Barnes for the role.

World Peace To Play Reserve Role For Lakers

Dec 16, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
Mike Brown announced plans to move Metta World Peace to the bench.

World Peace Arrives To Training Camp Out Of Shape

Dec 10, 2011 | Janice Carr/Orange County Register
Metta World Peace entered the first day of training camp on Friday out of shape.

Lakers Won't Amnest World Peace At This Time

Dec 01, 2011 | Ken Berger/CBS Sports
The Lakers are in the process of evaluating their options of when it would be most useful to use the clause.

Artest Guarantees Lakers Will Win 2012 NBA Finals

Sep 01, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
Ron Artest has guaranteed the Lakers will win the 2012 NBA Finals.

Metta World Peace Name Change Delayed Due To Traffic Tickets

Aug 27, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
The name change of Ron Artest to Metta World Peace was delayed by a Los Angeles court commissioner.

Insurance May Block Artest's Move To England

Aug 24, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
Ron Artest may not play for Cheshire Jets due to problems with finding insurance.

Artest Confirms He Will Play For Cheshire Jets

Aug 12, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
The team will attempt to secure music gigs and television roles for Ron Artest, possibly even a British soap opera.

Artest To Meet With Cheshire Jets Of England

Aug 10, 2011 | ESPN
Ron Artest will meet with the Cheshire Jets in Britain later in August to discuss joining the team during the NBA's lockout.

Artest Plans To Play For British Basketball League

Jul 10, 2011 | Bill Plaschke/Los Angeles Times
If the lockout drags on, Ron Artest already has plans for finding other work.

Artest Files Request To Legally Change Name To Metta World Peace

Jun 23, 2011 | TMZ.com
Ron Artest has filed a petition to legally change his name to Metta World Peace.

Nowitzki Shooting 76 Percent When Defended By Gasol

May 07, 2011 | ESPN Stats & Info
Dirk Nowitzki is averaging 26 points on 56 percent shooting.

Brown To Start In Place Of Artest

May 06, 2011 | Kevin Ding/Orange County Register
Shannon Brown will start in place of the suspended Ron Artest
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