Former Los Angeles Lakers legend Metta World Peace recently released an autobiography titled “No Malice: My Life in Basketball or: How a Kid from Queensbridge Survived the Streets, the Brawls, and Himself to Become an NBA Champion.”
On Tuesday, as part of the book tour to promote his new book, World Peace took to SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills to talk about a myriad of things ranging from his childhood to Randy Moss and drinking Hennessy before games.
World Peace spoke at length about his struggles with mental health and alcoholism, including his trip to buy Hennessy before a game in Chicago early in his career:
Metta on the time he drank Hennessy before a game pic.twitter.com/clwmwslKa9
— Grant Goldberg (@GrantGoldberg) June 13, 2018
The same discussion led to his watching the beginning of the infamous Malice at the Palace fight and explaining the event and his relationship with the person in the crowd whom he fought:
Metta watching the infamous Malice in the Palace clip pic.twitter.com/zonJKFqNx8
— Grant Goldberg (@GrantGoldberg) June 13, 2018
Metta explains why he called the fan who threw the drink at him and how the throw came to be pic.twitter.com/B2VYGPtA34
— Grant Goldberg (@GrantGoldberg) June 13, 2018
Metta also spoke at length about his time with the Lakers including his early struggles and his ability to work through adversity for the two most clutch plays of the 2010 championship run:
Metta on his game-winner against the Suns in the playoffs pic.twitter.com/CF8DfSXPk2
— Grant Goldberg (@GrantGoldberg) June 13, 2018
Metta talking about the lack of focus he had before joining the Lakers pic.twitter.com/ag8jcz6LAA
— Grant Goldberg (@GrantGoldberg) June 13, 2018
Finally, Metta gave some experienced advice to JR Smith, whose blunder at the end of game one of the 2018 NBA Finals, in part, led to the Cavaliers being swept by the Warriors:
On the advice he would give to JR Smith after the play in Game One of the Finals pic.twitter.com/7obiW5Rhku
— Grant Goldberg (@GrantGoldberg) June 13, 2018
