The tone in Metta World Peace’s voice hardly harkened back memories of his infamous press conference after the Lakers won Game 7 of the 2010 NBA championship.
Then, the former Ron Artest thanked his psychologist and expressed gratitude that Kobe Bryant passed him the ball that set up a critical 3-pointer in a performance that forever cast him in Lakers lore. This time, World Peace sounded fairly even-keel for the Lakers signing him to a one-year, non-guaranteed deal worth $1.5 million for the 2015-16 season.
“It was cool. It was a great feeling,” World Peace said Sunday night in a phone interview with Los Angeles News Group.