Finland team claims they have signed Metta World Peace (Ron Artest)
Los Angeles Lakers
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 12:56pm
Tim Morgan

Ron Artest or Metta World Peace, whichever you want to call him, has apparently signed in Finland to play basketball. He still is under contract with the Lakers, so I don't know how true this is. However, the team he has apparently signed with, LoKoKo Loimaa, is saying that the 31-year old has signed with them. This should be interesting. 

According to ballineurope.com:

“Finland’s top league Korisliiga will witness some serious NBA talent in September 2011, when Los Angeles Lakers forward/multipersonality Ron Artest will join league newcomer LoKoKo Loimaa.

“The 31-year old Artest has three years left in his Lakers contract, but that doesn’t seem to bother LoKoKo sports director Aleksi Valavuori, who backs up the rumor in Tuesday’s Ilta-Sanomat newspaper.

“We have sorted things out and I can happily confirm that Artest will arrive in Finland,” Valavuori states in the Ilta-Sanomat interview.

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