Kobe Bryant had some great teammates in LA over the years, but none more hilarious than this one.
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Metta Sandiford-Artest aka Metta World Peace aka Ron Artest has had many names throughout his 18-year basketball career.
But none gave the NBA’s most notorious player enough peace to keep his inner demons under control so that he could be his usual fun-loving and God preaching self.
You must have come across the troublesome Artest during his many on-court fights including the Malice at The Palace.
That fun guy Ron might be a familiar persona to a lot of fans in LA who witnessed him burying one of the most important shots in Lakers’ and Kobe Bryant’s legacy. That came following a Kobe pass. Yes, a pass by the Mamba in Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
Coming back to Ron, have you come across the good-boy or rather God’s boy Artest? Go on, you can now.
The man who got a pass from Kobe Bryant and hit the target in the most significant game of all is just a simple and hysterical Lord-praising human
In a hilarious interview with the Los Angeles Times back in those glorious days of the Lakers the 2004 DPOY can be seen answering a question which was about his first name change when he made it Metta World Peace from Ron Artest.
Wondering in his own world, Metta started talking something about how grateful he is that Jesus made human beings in such a way that they lose teeth when they are kids and not 20-30 years old because they’d look ugly. He actually said all that. Listen to it yourself and try not to laugh.
That was some otherworldly rib-tickling stuff which didn’t make much sense in regards to the reporter’s question, but was actually a superb point made by the Lord praising Lakers forward, if you really think about it.
