Metta World Peace: Latest News, Rumors and Speculation Surrounding Free-Agent SF

August 24th, 2015 by Joseph Zucker Leave a reply »
After spending well over a year out of the league, Metta World Peace may be inching closer to a shocking return to the NBA.

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World Peace to Potentially Reunite with Lakers Monday, Aug. 24 Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski reported Monday the Los Angeles Lakers are toying around with the idea of bringing back World Peace, who played for the team from 2009 to 2013. Wojnarowski added that members of the Lakers organization have "varying degrees of interest" regarding the move.

The 35-year-old's last stop in the NBA came with the New York Knicks. He played 29 games in the Big Apple, averaging 4.8 points and two rebounds a night in 13.4 minutes on the floor. The Knicks waived World Peace in February 2014.

After his departure from New York, World Peace moved overseas, spending short stints with the Sichuan Blue Whales in China and Pallacanestro Cantu in Italy.

Critics will view this as another sign the Lakers will be mired in mediocrity in 2015-16. According to Basketball-Reference.com, World Peace hasn't had a positive net rating since the 2009-10 season, and he hasn't had a PER above 15.0—the lea ...

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