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 Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:04 am Post subject: Ron Artest to play in China next season |
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http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/31/report-metta-world-peace-reaches-deal-to-play-in-china-next-season/
| Quote: | Report: Metta World Peace reaches deal to play in China next season
Does China really know what it’s getting here?
Former NBA All-Star and most recently Laker and Knicks player Metta World Peace has reached a deal to play in China next year, reports the official Chinese news site Sina, via the always on top of it Sportando.
The forward has reached an agreement in principle with Chinese team Sichuan Blue Whales. General Manager for Sichuan confirmed the agreement to Sports Sina. Metta World Peace will earn something close to $1.300.000.
World Peace basically confirmed that.
World Peace, 34, has seen his skill set decline, has some nagging injuries, and couldn’t really get on the floor for a pretty weak Knicks team last season. They agreed to waive him but no other team picked him up (the level of distraction was not worth the production on the court). He didn’t field any good offers this summer either.
In China he will still be a top flight player. On the court he should put up numbers and could get NBA teams to give him a second look (the Chinese season ends in February so he could sign for the rest of the NBA season).
Off the court… that is going to be interesting. Talk to players who go to China and they say the culture shock is the hardest part to deal with — the food is radically different, the entertainment is different, pretty much everything is different. World Peace is headed to the central heartland of the country, an agrarian area (although there are some very large cities as well). There is a high dropout rate of Western players who head to China, can’t deal and get out.
Some guys thrive, with Stephon Marbury being the poster child for that. He has a statue in Beijing now after leading the Ducks to a couple titles. |
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Hammett
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | There is a high dropout rate of Western players who head to China, can’t deal and get out. |
Pfft, pay me 1.3 million, I'd move to Afghanistan if that's what it took.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Hammett wrote: | | Quote: | | There is a high dropout rate of Western players who head to China, can’t deal and get out. |
Pfft, pay me 1.3 million, I'd move to Afghanistan if that's what it took. |
Most of the guys who play in the NBA can't handle playing outside of that league and the accommodation it affords. Private jets, personal trainers, etc. Once you go to the Euroleagues and/or China, you get accommodations that are on the level of the D-League, traveling long distances on buses, playing in cramped arenas with no AC, terrible locker rooms, etc. Then theres the change of culture aspect, which is probably the hardest to acclimate to. |
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http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/24651716/metta-world-peace-to-change-name-to-panda-friend?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
| Quote: | Metta World Peace to change name to 'Panda Friend'
Metta World Peace is going to China, and he won't be known as Metta World Peace there. Nope, the new Sichuan Blue Whales' new small forward won't be called Ron Artest, either. He intends to change his name to …
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Panda Friend.
From China Daily:
New high-profile import playing for Chinese basketball Association club Sichuan Blue Whales is known as Ron Artest but intends to change his name to "Panda Friend" in honor of his move to China.
World Peace, who is known in China as "Ci Shiping", a literal translation of "Metta World Peace," now plans to name himself after China's giant panda, a precious animal based in Southwest China's Sichuan province, where his new team is also based.
He teased this on Twitter, and has since retweeted fans talking about the name change. There was also all of this:
No word yet on how Washington Wizards guard Bradley "Big Panda" Beal feels about this. |
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| Why not Sexual Harassment Panda? |
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