Wondering how Metta World Peace feels about his former team & teammate Kobe Bryant?! Wonder no more. Last night while promoting the children’s book he wrote, he made a prediction about how far the Lakers will make it this season & on how Kobe Bryant will do with his injury. He also commented on Lamar Odom’s recent drama.
Report after the jump…
Via ESPN:
Knicks forward Metta World Peace expects his former team, the Los Angeles Lakers, to play for the right to hoist the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy this season.
“I think the Lakers are going to go to the NBA Finals,” World Peace said during a signing for his children’s book “Metta’s Bedtime Stories” in downtown Manhattan on Wednesday.
“I think Kobe [Bryant’s] gonna be healthy, they’re gonna get Pau [Gasol]. The Lakers are gonna make a big trade like they always do. They’re gonna get another good player, boom, boom, and they’re gonna go to the Finals. I believe it. Kobe’s gonna come back, he’s gonna play team ball, and Pau’s gonna play well.”
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World Peace also mentioned the two-time defending champion Miami Heat as obvious contenders.
“I think all those teams are good, but I think the Knicks are gonna be great,” World Peace said. “Carmelo [Anthony]? What is he, the No. 1 scorer in the last two minutes last season? I’m excited. It’s exciting.”
World Peace said he has not heard from ex-teammate Lamar Odom, who has battled off-the-court problems in what has been a tumultuous offseason.
“I’ve been reaching out. I need to speak to Lamar,” World Peace said. “That’s one thing I can’t [comment on] until I speak to him personally. I don’t even know what to say. Shocking headlines. But I need to speak with him.”
