The Zen Master Of Queensbridge: Metta's Knicks Blueprint | BT & Sal
WFAN Daily
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3.8 • 794 Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
In a candid conversation with BT & Sal, Metta World Peace, formerly Ron Artest, passionately expressed his strong desire to become the next head coach of the New York Knicks. Highlighting his deep connection to New York basketball and his experience coaching a successful Division II women's team, Metta articulated a cerebral approach to the game, emphasizing defensive strategies and a focus on winning. He also openly addressed his past challenges, including his unpredictable behavior and issues with alcohol, conveying a sense of personal growth and accountability. Despite past rejections from coaching opportunities, he remains confident in his ability to lead an NBA team, particularly the Knicks, and aims to change perceptions through success and dedication.
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| 0:30.0 | A week away next week. Next Friday we'll be the new show out there, which was so much fun |
| 0:34.2 | last year getting to interact with the listeners of the fan and whatever it was all the |
| 0:39.8 | diard sports fan in the area and then being out there sat i'll be doing the s n y show first and then |
| 0:44.6 | the fan show i know you're doing as you mentioned the podcast so it should be a fun day we're waiting |
| 0:48.7 | um what are you going to call him by the way i feel like ron i'd go meta because that's his name |
| 0:52.9 | i know but meta his name was ron or it Meta. His name was Ron Orte. It was. |
| 0:56.6 | And now he's changed. And he used to work |
| 0:58.0 | overnight. Now you're under the middays. Things change, dude. |
| 1:00.5 | I know. I'm still got the same name. |
| 1:02.2 | No, he doesn't. Oh, well, you do. Yeah. I wouldn't call him, |
| 1:04.4 | yeah. Like, I wouldn't call him a Nick because he played for the Knicks one year. I remember that too. Or you could say Laker, okay, for a while, or Pacer, like that changes. |
| 1:12.6 | But the name is, like, he knew him as Ron Ortest. |
| 1:16.0 | And now it's not even Meta World Peace anymore, right? |
| 1:18.4 | No, that part confused, but I believe he's changed. |
| 1:20.3 | I believe he's kept meta and he's added something and, uh, |
| 1:22.7 | formerly known as Ron Artes. He changed the end to Meta World Peace in 2011. |
| 1:29.5 | Then to Panda's friend in 2014. |
| 1:35.0 | And then Meta Santerford Artest is currently, he changed that in 2020. |
| 1:40.2 | I was just told by the way with Hoff. |
| 1:41.4 | He's going to dial up at about a minute or so. |
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