My World (Ron Artest album)
World Peace with the Lakers in 2015
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| South Bay Lakers | |
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| Position | Player development coach |
| League | NBA G League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
November 13, 1979 Queens, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 260 lb (118 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
La Salle Academy (New York City, New York) |
| College | St. John's (1997–1999) |
| NBA draft | 1999 / Round: 1 / Pick: 16th overall |
| Selected by the Chicago Bulls | |
| Playing career | 1999–2017 |
| Position | Small forward |
| Number | 15, 23, 91, 93, 96, 37, 51 |
| Coaching career | 2017–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1999–2002 | Chicago Bulls |
| 2002–2006 | Indiana Pacers |
| 2006–2008 | Sacramento Kings |
| 2008–2009 | Houston Rockets |
| 2009–2013 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2013–2014 | New York Knicks |
| 2014 | Sichuan Blue Whales |
| 2015 | Pallacanestro Cantù |
| 2015–2017 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| As coach: | |
| 2017–present | South Bay Lakers (player development) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Metta World Peace (born Ronald William Artest Jr.; November 13, 1979) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently the player development coach for the South Bay Lakers of the NBA G League. He was known as Ron Artest before legally changing his name in September 2011.
World Peace gained a reputation as one of the league's premier defenders as he won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2004, when he was also named an NBA All-Star and earned All-NBA honors. He was a participant in several controversial on-court incidents, most notably the Malice at the Palace, and is known for his sometimes eccentric and outspoken behavior. He won an NBA championship in 2010 as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Artest played high school basketball at La Salle Academy and college basketball at St. John's University. World Peace has played for six teams in the NBA.
Metta World Peace was born Ronald William Artest Jr. on November 13, 1979, and raised in the Queensbridge projects in Queens, New York. He has two younger brothers, Isaiah and Daniel. He played high school basketball at La Salle Academy. He also teamed with future NBA players Elton Brand and Lamar Odom on the same Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team.
Growing up, Artest witnessed the murder of a fellow player on a basketball court in Niagara Falls, New York. "It was so competitive, they broke a leg from a table and they threw it, it went right through his heart and he died right on the court. So I'm accustomed to playing basketball really rough." The player to whom Artest was referring was 19-year-old Lloyd Newton, who was stabbed in the back with a broken-off table leg during an altercation at a 1991 YMCA-sanctioned basketball tournament.
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