Metta World Peace is still one of the most entertaining players in the NBA.
He changed his name from Ron Artest to Metta World Peace in 2011 (and he nearly changed it again to A Panda's Friend). Then he wore shoes with little pandas on them when he played in China last year. And he still seems to have plenty of good quotes.
It was wrong to think that his break last year from the NBA would change him. The Los Angeles Lakers veteran is still as charmingly off-the-wall as ever.
This week World Peace, 35, told The Wall Street Journal that the Lakers have been struggling as of late because they sometimes have "fish brains."
"Some of the guys forgot how we got the lead, kind of like a fish," he said. "You know how fish dig their thing in 30-second intervals? Then run into a mirror. Then they go, 'Oh, that hurt...' Sometimes we forget and the fish brain comes out.
"Maybe they ate too much sushi. Maybe they should just stick to the red meat. Maybe just be vegan."
Last month, KNBC reported that World Peace talked about how many points he believes Michael Jordan would average per game if the Hall of Famer made a comeback.
"It depends how big his [Michael Jordan's] belly is," World Peace replied. "If he has a flat belly, I say 20 [points]. If he has a big belly, 6-9 [points]."
Keep the change
When the Make-A-Wish-Foundation fulfilled Gabriel Aljalian's dream of playing football with the New England Patriots, Tom Brady was supposed to make the 6-year-old's day.
Instead, Gabriel made Brady's.
Gabriel was diagnosed with leukemia three years ago, but he beat it. Now, Gabriel turned the anniversary of his diagnosis, Nov. 3, into "Gabriel's Day of Kindness," during which the Watertown, Mass., boy asked people to join him in performing random acts of kindness. This year, Gabriel gave gifts to kids at Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Center, but he also had something for Brady.
Gabriel spent Saturday at Gillette Stadium with 10 other Make-A-Wish children, walking on the field, getting personalized jerseys and participating in some other day-to-day activities with the Patriots. But when Gabriel got the chance to play some football with Brady, he gave the quarterback a card explaining "Gabriel's Day of Kindness" and $10 he received earlier in the week.
Brady was moved by Gabriel's s gesture and asked for a hug. Brady kept the $10 gift because the "Gabriel's Day of Kindness" Facebook page assured that "Gabriel would have been heartbroken otherwise."
Head case
One San Diego community is trying to figure out how to dispose of 600 Chris Denorfia bobbleheads that mysteriously showed up around some condos.
Denorfia played for the Padres from 2010 to 2014 and had a bobblehead day when he was with the club before he was traded to Seattle later in the 2014 season. Now that he is no longer with the team, there wasn't a need to hold on to the leftover souvenirs, but they somehow showed up around the condo complex
Residents called the police thinking maybe the bobbleheads were being used to transport drugs, but that wasn't the case. Law enforcement told the condo owners to clean up the mess themselves to help their homeowners association.
Residents never heard back from the police, so it isn't known if they were stolen or part of some other weird crime because a report was never filed.
QUIZ
What major-league team did Chris Denorfia begin his career with?
ANSWER
The Cincinnati Reds
Sports on 11/14/2015