Sports Quick Hits -- Thoughts on Ron Artest's Name Change

The Minnesota Timberwolves front office is just horrible. No other way to put it. They’ve kept head coach Kurt Rambis around for the 2011 NBA draft but reports are he is a “dead man walking”. Why keep a coach you’re about to can around to help draft players for a coach that could have… who knows what type of offensive or defensive scheme?!?!

The T-Wolves drafted tweener forward Derrick Williams out of University of Arizona. Williams is widely considered the best NBA ready player in the draft; one of only a handful NBA ready players in the 2011 draft. The problem is Minnesota already has Kevin Love, Michael Beasley, and now Williams. As if they were not overloaded at the forward position, in the second round the T-Wolves drafted 6’6” forward Tanguy Ngombo from the Qatar League. The T-Wolves thought Tanguy was 21 years old but it turns out he is 26 years old. Not the player they thought they were getting.

Good job scouting department. You have all year to scout teams and players, find out ages, size, and every other thing you may need to know about a prospect. But somehow what you couldn’t find out in 12 months, the rest of the world could find out in a matter of minutes. This easily avoidable mistake is just another black eye for a team and city that doesn’t seemingly deserve the bad press.

Ron Artest… need I say more?

Ron Artest has gone Chad Johnson on us. You do remember who Chad Johnson is? He was a second round pick in the NFL draft out of Oregon State. He’s the wide receiver that wore a yellow Hall of Fame jacket on the sidelines during a game. Maybe the name change thing works? Chad Ochocinco did it now Ron Artest wants to do it.

Ron-Ron wants to change his name to Metta World Peace. The thought is nice. Change your name to something that could inspire others. BUT in typical Ron Artest fashion he’s managed to mess up a good thing. Metta is Buddhist for friendliness. So the name change reads, “Friendliness World Peace”… as opposed to violent world peace???

Quick thoughts on the name change and things you will hear in the upcoming years if Ron-Ron’s pending name change status is approved.

During a game: “Peace out, Fish in”.

Metta gave him a piece of his mind.

World Peace saves LA.

World Peace or World B. Free?

World Peace steps it up on defense.

U.S Reed or World Peace?

World Peace runs over the 7’ German.

France’s favorite son and World Peace are having it out tonight.

World Peace has not been Metta tonight.

Metta is the manna???

The charity stripe has not been Metta to World Peace tonight.

LA has traded World Peace for a player to be named later.

No more World Peace for LA.

World Peace wins humanitarian of the year award and then clothes lines a player during a playoff game… wait that did happen. 

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