Metta World Peace expects to play in NBA next season

Metta World Peace is not done with his NBA career. In fact, he thinks he could still be a key contributor for the right team.

“Absolutely. The NBA is always on the front burner,” World Peace told ESPN’s Ian Begley when asked if he still intended to play next season.

World Peace said he’s still waiting to hear from teams, but he takes it personally when people think he can’t still play.

“I’m waiting for teams. I can still play,” World Peace said. “I can play, it’s not even a question man. 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. But you know, I’ll be supportive [if I don’t play]. But the only thing that gets me frustrated with the whole basketball is people think I can’t play anymore. So as a man, I take that personally.”

World Peace’s assessment of his scoring punch seems a bit optimistic, but hey, good to see he’s not lacking in confidence. He never has been. It remains to be seen where he’ll latch on this season, if he even can.