Reports came out yesterday that the Lakers will use their amnesty provision on Metta World Peace. He reacted on Twitter shortly after and now today he reportedly is looking to the future. According to a longtime friend, MWP has his eyes set on a certain team. Keep in mind he’s from New York. Check it out & let us know what you think…
Via Jared Zwerling at ESPN:
Amid rumors that Metta World Peace will be released by the Los Angeles Lakers via the amnesty clause, his longtime friend and head of his foundation, Jose Morales, said the forward “hopes to land with the Knicks.”
The Lakers can’t make an official amnesty move until Wednesday, and sources told ESPN Tuesday that the team hasn’t made a decision. World Peace’s camp told ESPN that the team also told them that no decision has been made.
Morales said World Peace would be “upset” if the Lakers amnesty him, and that he would even consider retirement if any team with room to fit him under the salary cap claimed him off waivers. Those teams would have the first opportunity to claim him.
“If the Lakers do amnesty him, he might want to retire,” Morales said. “If one of these small-market teams picks him up, he won’t be happy with that. He doesn’t want to play there.”
Morales said World Peace would also be open to playing for the Clippers, but if he can’t stay in Los Angeles he would only want to play in New York, his hometown.
“If the Lakers amnesty him, he’s going to have a point to prove that he can still be that player in New York,” Morales said.
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