Metta World Peace is expected to meet with New York Knicks executives in Las Vegas within the next two days, pushing the free-agent forward closer to an eventual contract agreement with the Knicks, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
Metta World Peace averaged 12.4 points in 75 games for the Lakers last season. (AP)
The Knicks are the strong frontrunner to sign World Peace to a veteran's minimum deal of $1.4 million for the 2013-14 season, sources said. A possible deal could include a second year with a player option, league sources said.
World Peace - once known as Ron Artest - grew up in the Queensbridge section of New York and attended St. John's University.
World Peace went unclaimed in the amnesty waiver process and become a free agent on Sunday evening. No team placed a bid for him, leaving him free to sign with any team in the NBA except for the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Lakers must pay the balance of World Peace's contract - $7.7 million for the 2013-14 season - but it doesn't count against the franchise's salary cap.
World Peace, 33, averaged 12.4 points, five rebounds and 1.6 steals in 75 games last season.
New York's front office executives and coaching staff are assembled in Las Vegas for the NBA's summer league.
Metta World Peace averaged 12.4 points in 75 games for the Lakers last season. (AP)The Knicks are the strong frontrunner to sign World Peace to a veteran's minimum deal of $1.4 million for the 2013-14 season, sources said. A possible deal could include a second year with a player option, league sources said.
World Peace - once known as Ron Artest - grew up in the Queensbridge section of New York and attended St. John's University.
World Peace went unclaimed in the amnesty waiver process and become a free agent on Sunday evening. No team placed a bid for him, leaving him free to sign with any team in the NBA except for the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Lakers must pay the balance of World Peace's contract - $7.7 million for the 2013-14 season - but it doesn't count against the franchise's salary cap.
World Peace, 33, averaged 12.4 points, five rebounds and 1.6 steals in 75 games last season.
New York's front office executives and coaching staff are assembled in Las Vegas for the NBA's summer league.
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