Metta World Peace Re-Signs with Lakers: Latest Contract Details, Reaction

Not even a coaching change can stop the bond between the Los Angeles Lakers and Metta World Peace. The Lakers agreed to terms with the veteran forward Wednesday, where he’ll likely serve in a mentorship role for the young players on the roster. 

Shams Charania of The Vertical reported the news, with Mark Medina of the Los Angeles Daily News noting it’s a training camp deal. The Lakers signed World Peace to a similar contract last season before he made the roster. 

World Peace, 36, will be spending his sixth season in the last seven with the Lakers. He averaged 5.0 points and 2.5 rebounds during a 35-game stint with the team in 2015-16.

“I can still play. I can play, it’s not even a question man,” World Peace said in August, per Ian Begley of ESPN.com. “But, you know, sometimes you don’t get in the game, man. What are you going to do? I’m not going to be upset, I’m going to support. So if I don’t play, like this year on the Lakers I could have averaged 15 or 20 on the Lakers if I played, easily.”

Of note: World Peace has averaged 20 points per game over a full season once in his career. He hasn’t …

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