MWPeace Discussion: amnesty? (pg. 203)

Ariza3 wrote:"i dont even want guys to get to dwight. i dont want guys to have a chance to get to dwight. thats my goal this year. youre not even making it to dwight; you gotta get passed me."

Ariza3 wrote:"i dont even want guys to get to dwight. i dont want guys to have a chance to get to dwight. thats my goal this year. youre not even making it to dwight; you gotta get passed me."

XXIV wrote:

Ariza3 wrote:"i dont even want guys to get to dwight. i dont want guys to have a chance to get to dwight. thats my goal this year. youre not even making it to dwight; you gotta get passed me."

Definitely a great statement by Metta. It should be very entertaining seeing Metta and Dwight anchoring the defense this year, we should be one of the best, if not the best, defensive team in the league this season.

Jeff Miller of the Orange County Register wrote:Hoping to play big from the start of the season this time, Metta World Peace arrived for the opening of camp smaller.

He reported Monday that he’s 255 pounds, down from 274 when last season tipped off.

“So, I’m great,” World Peace announced. “I can get to the basket any time I want. I can’t wait. They can’t do anything about it.”

Getting to the basket is great, but the Lakers are more concerned about World Peace stopping the opposition from getting to the basket.

After three solid games early, World Peace’s 2011-12 season went soft. Very soft. He had an 0 for 8 shooting effort against Denver, went 0 for 14 on 3-point tries during another 8-game stretch and played only eight minutes in a January loss against Orlando.

It wasn’t until late February that World Peace’s play picked up and became consistent.

“Last year, in April, I played better,” he said. “I was in shape. The beginning of the season I was playing horrible. But this year, it’s going to be extended. I’m going to be there contributing to my team in a big way.”

Asked how he regained his form over the summer, World Peace said, “It was the MWP workout. The Metta World Peace workout. MWPworkout.com. That’s what did it for me.”

Matt Moore of CBS Sports wrote:Metta World Peace is the Ringo of the Lakers' starting unit. I don't know how you split the the other three Beatles between the other four starters, but MWP is definitely Ringo. And the way you know he's Ringo is that he says things like this. From media day via the L.A. Times:

"There will be no problems because we're like the Care Bears," World Peace said. "We love each other, we care for each other, we're here on this Earth as one, to love each other and . . ."

via A Lakers title? Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard can get it, together - latimes.com.

So that's pretty much the most MWP thing he could say. An absurdist simile, a naive interpretation of the world and sports teams from one of the most violent figures in the NBA's history, and an incorrect assumption that the Lakers will somehow be above ego.

But then, it's Metta World Peace. What else would we expect? Heck, it's not even the craziest thing MWP has said this month.

Also, I now have the image of a beam of light coming out of his stomach in the shape of Queensbridge.

"i havent seen him in this great of shape since indiana" - Kobe

therealdeal wrote:He's become totally lost in our shuffle here. The attention is already 99.6% focused on the Big 4 and he's already a side story.

I wonder how long it takes before he needs some attention. I feel like after his best off-season as a Laker, pretty much everyone has forgotten about him already.

Doc Brown wrote:What do you think the chances are, of getting 3 Lakers on the all defensive team this year?

D12 will make it for sure if he's healthy the entire season....

Kobe will make it based on nationally televised games where he shuts somebody down and gets it by rep.....

I think if Ron plays consistently throughout the entire season, at the level he was at, at the end of the season (pre-Elbow), I think he makes it .....

lakerswiz wrote:

therealdeal wrote:Did you miss the last sentence? I said for a few games. When people said last season he was old and couldn't score anymore, he scored 40 points in 4 straight games. When Griffin was the talk of LA Kobe won the All-star MVP.

He's done that his whole career. And if someone said he was a bad defender, he'd do the same thing.

BUT THEY HAVE SAID IT! I don't know who counts though. Stephen A and Bayless don't. Yet they're probably the ones that started talk with Griffin in LA and they're probably the ones that started the conversation of him being old and not being able to score.