NBA: 30 NBA players you forgot acted in movies or TV shows

NBA: 30 NBA players you forgot acted in movies or TV shows – Metta World Peace

One of the things that draws people into reality television shows is how the characters are outsized versions of their own personalities, following their most insane urges and peculiar whims in front of our watching eyes. The NBA world had a version of that in Ron Artest, who later changed his name to Metta World Peace, and years after his career to Metta Sandiford-Artest.

World Peace was entirely unpredictable, a player who has a legitimate defensive weapon on the court but a complete wild card off of it. That made him a logical choice to be picked for a number of reality television shows, Dancing with the Stars to Celebrity Big Brother.

His particular brand of quirkiness also put him on the radar for Key & Peele, who nabbed him for a recurring role on their comedy show. He showed up as the one-man anchor for a news program called “Metta World News” where he appeared on screen and delivered a bizarre version of the news, which was basically how he would approach hypothetical situations of his own creation.

Perhaps the most chuckle-inducing part of the sketch was how he signed off each segment, providing the date as some sort of unintelligible string of words following a month. He delivered it each time — delivered all of his ridiculous lines, in face — completely straight without cracking up. Anyone else up for more of this, in perpetuity?