Metta World Peace gets another technical foul—this time at NBTC National finals
Metta World Peace is at FilAm Sports’ bench during the NBTC National Finals at Mall of Asia Arena. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines—Metta World Peace is known as one of the most physical players in NBA history and used that bruising demeanor to great effect having won the 2010 title with the Los Angeles Lakers.
That physicality also led him to accrue 2,586 personal fouls and 77 technical fouls over the course of his 17-year NBA career.
Recorded the very first technical foul of @MettaWorldPeace in the 🇵🇭 .
🌎 ✌️ #NBTC2019 pic.twitter.com/v5LMoKgPbX
— Pong Ducanes (@ompongski) March 21, 2019
You can add one more technical foul under his name after the referees blew the whistle on him during the second quarter of the game between FilAm Sports and San Beda in the 2019 NBTC Nationals Finals.
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UAAP’s basketball statistician Pong Ducanes captured the moment when World Peace entered the court from the FilAm Sports’ bench that got him his first technical foul in a Philippine basketball court.
World Peace’s son Jeron Artest is one of the players in the FilAm sports roster.
