Metta World Peace Rumors

Raine Group and several former NBA stars are backing a Hong Kong startup that’s piecing together Asia’s first major basketball club competition with FIBA’s blessing. Asia League Holdings Ltd. has raised $13 million to date from investors including retired players Metta Sandiford-Artest, Baron Davis and Shane Battier, boosting its valuation to $100 million, the firm said Wednesday.

2 months ago – via Bloomberg

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2 months ago – via Bloomberg

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Metta World Peace: Very happy that @Meta is doing this. Metta / Meta is an awesome name. Excited to see new innovation . This was so cool. I was literally working, and my phone was ringing non stop. Lol. Congrats FB / #meta

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Ben Simmons … MVP candidate??? Metta Sandiford-Artest thinks so … telling TMZ Sports he truly believes the Philadelphia 76ers guard (at least for now, that is) … will be one of the best players in the NBA this season. The NBA champ had high praises for the disgruntled star when we spoke with him this week … and despite all the drama surrounding his trade demand, Metta says it will be a breakthrough season for the 25-year-old. “This kid is going to be an MVP candidate,” the former All-Star emphatically expressed. “Just because he’s a superstar doesn’t mean he needs to be a shooter.”

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Sandiford-Artest offered some advice to Simmons and other players that might find themselves in a similar situation. “You don’t request trades when you don’t have to, ’cause you don’t want to mess with your legacy,” he said. “Stay with one team as long as you can. Build that comfort. Build your legacy.”

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The other No. 1 seed, All In, was able to get by Metta Sandiford-Artest’s No. 8 seed Pandas in the quarterfinals 78-53. But then All In was upset, 85-72, in the division semifinals by No. 5 seed Public Enemy, led by three-time Drew League MVP Franklin Session and Washington Wizards center Montrezl Harrell. Public Enemy blew out the 2019 champion M.H.P., led by former NBA player Nick Young, a day earlier in the quarterfinals 109-78. On Saturday, Public Enemy will face No. 7 seed Black Pearl Elite for the DeDe Smooth championship. It will be a rematch of a Week 3 game that Public Enemy won 89-85.

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