Metta World Peace only has one regret from his iconic NBA career.
“If you really wanna play with time, imagine if we could move that prime Metta to the Knicks,” World Peace said on a recent episode of “The Hoop Chat with Emily Austin” when asked if he would change anything about his career. “I wish I could reverse time, I would put myself in a Knicks jersey.” before his 19-year NBA career, which he spent with the Bulls, Pacers, Kings, Rockets, Lakers and Knicks. and only played 29 games with the team.
Now many years retired, World Peace has reflected on that period of his life and believes he was playing a character. “That trade request, it was just more compound frustration,” World Peace said. “It had nothing to do with the team. At that time, just so much pressure for me, not for other people. But for me, it was a ton of pressure. The brawl just happened. I missed out on an All-Star Game, missed out on my second Defensive Player of the Year that probably would have been mine again. I missed out on another All-NBA team. I couldn’t get over that. I was super unbalanced. And then I’m still so competitive.
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