The Evolution of Ron Art....I Mean Metta World Peace

Last week Ron Artest was finally able to change his name to Metta World Peace and I truly believe the world is a better place for it. This is not the same Ron Artest that we remember from November 19, 2004 when he started a brawl between players and fans that spilled into the stands and onto the court. No, this is a much different Ron Artest, or Metta World Peace from here on out, that we see today. Today Metta is on Dancing With The Stars and this summer he led his own comedy tour. He makes announcers say Queensbridge after winning NBA Championships and wins the NBA's J. Walter Kennedy's Citizenship Award.

Metta's NBA career started with shootings outside strip clubs and asking to take games off to promote his rap career. World Peace obviously has his issues and has spoken about his struggles with mental health issues and the help he has received in that area. World Peace is now an advocate for mental health and even auctioned off his NBA Championship ring and gave the proceeds to different mental health charities. His early career struggles seem to be behind him as World Peace moves into the latter stages of his career. For the past two seasons he has been apart of one of the premier franchises in sports, the LA Lakers. He has been a tough defensive presence there and was apart of one NBA Championship and an integral part of a Championship contender. World Peace's story is one of growth and learning. We, as people, make mistakes and those mistakes hang with us. That night in Auburn Hills will always be mentioned with Metta World Peace and there's nothing that can change that, but he grew from that and seems to be in a much better place now. 

We are now seeing a fun Metta World Peace. The name change is kinda goofy. He will be fun on Dancing With the Stars and think about that for a moment, housewives will be tuning in to see a man who started a brawl during an NBA game. We are truly a forgiving society. When the NBA returns World Peace will be right back in the thick of the silly NBA personalities. Good for Metta World Peace, on the outside he seems to be a happy man that his found his place and I, as a fan of fun personalities, am glad to see it.