Before Metta World Peace, there was Ron Artest, a high school prodigy and true New Yorker.
Over the last 14 years, we've forgotten much about the man, about the kid and about the player we thought we knew.
Since making the jump to the NBA, Ron Artest has become Metta World Peace, straying farther and farther from his roots.
Though he's had only two names (that we know of), he's left a trail of other identities in his wake, as he's navigated what has been both a productive and equivocal career.
From charging into the stands and waging war with fans in Detroit in 2004, to the player who salvaged the Los Angeles Lakers' 2010 championship run, to the elbow he threw James Harden's way a little more than a year ago, we've bore witness to many different versions of the one we now call World Peace.
Almost a decade and a half later, World Peace has come home, where he once went by Ron Artest.
Where we once knew him.
Queensbridge, New York
Ron Artest was born in Queensbridge, New York, which is where our story begins.
His an ...
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