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World Peace is coming to New York
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July 17, 2013, Wednesday
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METTA World Peace said on Monday he'll be coming home to play for the New York Knicks, just days after the veteran forward was waived by the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Knicks said a contract has not been signed with the former NBA Defensive Player of the Year, but an agreement has been reached.
"The team is amazing, the players. I'm excited to play and hustle," World Peace said while attending the NBA summer league in Las Vegas.
World Peace, who grew up in New York City and attended university there, was waived last Thursday by the Lakers, who used the amnesty clause to create salary cap space. The 2-meter forward will still be paid the US$7.7 million that was owed to him by the Lakers.
"It has nothing to do with New York, the city," World Peace said. "The only thing that's important are those players that I'm going to be joining and touching that hallway with. That's all that's important right now."
"I don't think I'm a missing piece (to a puzzle)," he said. "I'm more honored to be playing with these players."
Marc Cornstein, World Peace's agent, said the new deal came about pretty quickly. The Knicks expressed interest right after they were allowed to reach out to the forward, who legally changed his name from Ron Artest during his tenure with the Lakers.
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