Did Ron Artest change his name to pandas friend?
Ron Artest — we mean Metta World Peace — has changed his name again. The NBA small forward formerly known as Metta World Peace has changed his name again. He’s moving to China to play for the Sichuan Blue Whales, a team with the Chinese Basketball Association, and he’s changed his name to The Panda’s Friend.
Why did Ron Artest change his name again?
Former NBA player Ron Artest, a.k.a Metta World Peace, has announced that he’s changed his name once again. “I changed my name because I got tired of Ron Artest, he’s a [expletive],” he told the Los Angeles Times. “And when fans get mad at me, they can’t say, ‘I hate World Peace.
What is Ron Artest’s name now?
In the middle of the COVID-19 outbreak, the basketball player formerly known as Ron Artest revealed he changed his name to Metta Sandiford-Artest on the “Inside the Green Room with Danny Green” podcast.
Who is Ron Artest wife?
Maya Sandiford Artestm. 2018
Kimsha Artestm. 2003–2009
Metta Sandiford-Artest/Wife
When did Metta change his name?
2011
Artest originally changed his name to Metta World Peace during the 2011 offseason. The reasoning he gave Bill Plaschke of The Los Angeles Times in the moment was brilliant: “I changed my name because I got tired of Ron Artest, he’s a [expletive],” World Peace said.
Is Metta World Peace his legal name?
Ronald William Artest, Jr.
Metta Sandiford-Artest/Full name
Who is Metta married to?
Metta Sandiford-Artest/Spouse
The man once known as Ron Artest has a new name. Former NBA All-Star Metta World Peace revealed in a Monday episode of “Inside the Green Room with Danny Green” that he had changed his name to Metta Sandiford-Artest. The new part of his name comes from his wife, Maya Sandiford.
What did Metta World Peace change his name to?
World Peace, who will play in China this season after playing part of last year with the Knicks, later tweeted that his new name is “The Pandas Friend.” The 34-year-old forward will play in China this season for the Sichuan Blue Whales, a league source confirmed.
Who is known as the Panda’s friend in China?
The Panda’s Friend. 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.
Why did Ron Artest change his name to Panda friend?
China Daily initially reported he’d be going by Panda Friend: 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.