National Basketball Association

Metta lets fans pick nickname

Published Jul. 26, 2013 1:00 a.m. ET

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Are you like many Americans, thinking Metta World Peace is a cumbersome and silly way to refer to the basketball player born as Ron Artest?

Well, World Peace is nothing if not a man of the people, and he's giving you an opportunity to fix it.

Go to http://t.co/BMSTeen1uA or http://t.co/wApB0mwQju , subscribe , and submit a new nickname for me... Good luck...;)
— Metta World Peace (@MettaWorldPeace) July 26, 2013

World Peace wants to clear up a rumor, however.

He says he'll be choosing his favorite submission in two weeks. When you visit his website, there is no obvious place to enter your submission, so we're assuming you just use the contact page and cross your fingers.

World Peace recently signed a contract with the New York Knicks, his sixth NBA team.