Metta World Peace changing name to "The Panda's Friend"

[Beat LA]

It's even funnier now, but I remember that he said a couple of years ago how changing his name to metta world peace was a dumb decision   Obviously, things have changed

[SHAQATTACK]

Panda friend and dirty player

D Wade and Metta Panda ....my two all time hated players in basketball

[GreenFaith1819]

Ron Ron is playing us all, lol.

LA lost some toughness when they let him go.

[mgent]

I've always felt this guy wishes he was dennis rodman.

they both suffer the same problem. role players that really really want attention

pffft! ron artest should never be mentioned in the same sentence as Rodman. if you thought Rodman was just a guy trying to get attention you need to go back and watch some basketball. Rodman was a great player, the bulls would not have had their 2nd 3-peat without him.

I think he might just be joking about the similarities between Artest being friends with China and Rodman being friends with North Korea, and how both are obviously going to receive attention in America (if by no one other than the media).