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Ron Artest officially Metta World Peace

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by nolimitnp, Sep 16, 2011.

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  1. nolimitnp

    nolimitnp Member

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    Lock if this isn't posted already. I still love Ron even if he is a Laker now. I'm positive he would've stayed a Rocket had Yao not missed the season after. Its hard to blame him really.

    But anyway, I wonder if his jersey is going to say "World Peace" or just "Peace". I'd so buy that jersey if it were any team but the Lakers (or Jazz). Instead I think I'll just have a custom Rockets jersey made with number 93 instead of whatever he's changing it to this year.
     
    #1 nolimitnp, Sep 16, 2011
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    Thats cool man
     
    #2 BleedRocketsRed, Sep 16, 2011
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    Rockets didn't really want him they offered him a one year 8 million dollar deal. He declined.
     
    #3 TriCkz, Sep 16, 2011
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    Again, he knew we wouldn't have Yao for the entire season. We had a magical run after Yao's injury, but can you blame him for wanting to win a championship? I can't blame him for turning that down.
     
    #4 nolimitnp, Sep 16, 2011
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    Even with Yao not playing, I think we would have turned heads AGAIN with a roster of...


    1. Aaron Brooks/Kyle Lowry
    2. Shane Battier
    3. Ron Artest
    4. Luis Scola/Carl Landry
    5. Chuck Hayes

    or

    1. Kyle Lowry/Goran Dragic
    2. Kevin Martin/Courtney Lee
    3. Ron Artest/Shane Battier
    4. Luis Scola/Patrick Patterson
    5. Chuck Hayes/Brad Miller

    Obviously not a championship roster, but you throw in a Samuel Dalembert or Marcin Gortat a couple years ago, and things might have gotten interesting...

    I miss our toughness...
     
    #5 Tom Bombadillo, Sep 16, 2011
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    Touche.
     
    #6 nolimitnp, Sep 16, 2011
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    We didn't have Martin at the time though, and I think the fear was having Artest as our mian offensive guy (or him thinking he was).
     
    #7 da_juice, Sep 16, 2011
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    We still wouldn't have had that go to guy that can get you buckets with the game on the line. Sorry, Kyle.
     
    #8 ascaptjack, Sep 16, 2011
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    according to articles, his first name is Metta and last name is World Peace, so I imagine his jersey will have World Peace on the back. lol.
     
    #9 plates300, Sep 16, 2011
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    You will never be a contender with bad defenders like Dragic, Martin, Scola and now C-Bud. If Scola and Hayes are some of your best guys you know the team has a problem.
     
    #10 Yung-T, Sep 16, 2011
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    Can't argue with that. That second lineup looks like a roster that could make serious noise. Ahhh what could've been. :(
     
    #11 htownrox1, Sep 16, 2011
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    Maybe that was the idea. I doubt it though.
     
    #12 coachbadlee, Sep 17, 2011
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    Yeah, but they could have kept him and still get Artest. Artest starting alongside Kevin Martin would have been very nice. Even championship nice. He would have been a perfect compliment to Martins offense.


    Hey, what if we got Battier and World Peace back together?????:eek:
     
    #13 coachbadlee, Sep 17, 2011
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    Also, Artest, knowing that a proven scorer like Martin was coming in, would have probably stayed with the Rockets.
     
    #14 coachbadlee, Sep 17, 2011
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    Haha, can you imagine the commentators having to say 'World peace just sucked the gravity right out of the building, world peace for threeeeee :D or in interviews: "Say, world peace, what's up with that name besides you're terrible game tonight ?"
     
    #15 Rockets Jones, Sep 18, 2011
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