New identity. It's a theme ripe for exploration, as the TV show Mad Men has only been too happy to show us for five seasons of insight into Dick Whitman-turned Don Draper and all that has come with that dynamic. Metta World Peace had us going there for a minute. With a swoop of his pen last September, he changed his name and everything that had been piled onto it after years of on-court incidents that appeared to have forever tainted "Ron Artest.
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Ron Artest Will Change His Name to Metta World Peace According to NBA Rumors Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks and immediately won the NBA Rookie of the Year award, the year before he won his first NBA Cham... Read Post
The NBA player originally known as Ron Artest has officially and legally become Metta World Peace. A judge has ruled as such and the ESPN.com website that shows NBA players and their stats has made the change as well. So it must be ... Read Post
First there was Chad Johnson changing his name Chad Ochocincom and now there is Ron Artest changing his name to Metta World Peace. The Metta World Peace era has officially begun—barring a lockout of the NBA season—and maybe this wil... Read Post