Metta World Peace Makes Lakers Roster - NBA

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湖人宣布裁掉Yi和Anthony Brown

留下具有經驗的MWP，
T. Robinson也被留下來。

順便補上MWP對於自己被球隊留下來的看法：
Metta World Peace On Earning Lakers Final Roster Spot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnwEqtuUgkA


The Los Angeles Lakers announced the release of guard Anthony Brown on Monday,
surprisingly finalizing their roster with both Metta World Peace and
Thomas Robinson as part of the final 15.

After the team previously waived Yi Jianlian earlier in the day, it was largely
thought the last roster spot would come down to World Peace and Robinson, both
on non-guaranteed contracts. The NBA requires all teams to have their opening-
night rosters finalized by 5 p.m. ET.

World Peace, 36, played in only two games during the preseason and did not make
a shot. ESPN.com's Marc Stein and Ramona Shelburne previously reported last
Friday the Lakers were considering World Peace for an assistant coaching job,
though he preferred to continue playing.

"He's part of the culture we're trying to build," Lakers coach Luke Walton
said, per Tania Ganguli of the Los Angeles Times. "It's about having good
people around."

Walton相信MWP會對球隊產生正面的化學效應。



World Peace returned to the Lakers last season after being out of the NBA in
2014-15. He made the roster out of training camp and averaged 5.0 points and
2.5 rebounds in 35 appearances. Nearly all of his shooting splits reached
career lows, and World Peace had the slow feet of a man in his mid-30s on
defense.

The Lakers, a youth-laden bunch in the midst of the worst stretch of seasons
in franchise history, nonetheless found World Peace invaluable as a teammate.

Guard D'Angelo Russell said the following of the veteran, per Ganguli:

He didn't treat me like a young player. He treated me like that's an excuse,
being a young guy is an excuse, you can definitely attack it by being the best
you can be at that age or the best you can be being a first-year player and
stuff like that. So it was a different angle that I wanted to attack my first
year and he helped me with it.

Dlo也對這位老將讚譽有加。


World Peace seemingly centered himself when he arrived in Los Angeles following
a turbulent past, which included his involvement in the Malice at the Palace in
2004. He was a critical contributor on the franchise's last championship team
and spent the latter part of his career building a special relationship with
star Kobe Bryant.

"Well, I used to be a bad teammate," World Peace said, per Ganguli.
"I don't know if I changed. I got back to what I was. Sometimes when you go
through life, you forget who you are."


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