Metta World Peace (former NBA player)

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Metta World Peace (NBA Champion, All-Star, and Defensive Player of the Year) is a former basketball player. Metta joins the Armchair Expert to discuss staying up until 3 am shooting hoops in his neighborhood, what his experience was like being a part of the Malice at the Palace, and how he has approached dealing with mental health issues over the course of his life. Metta and Dax discover their mutual love for Spades, how one of their favorite pastimes is stargazing, and how they will never stop eating fast food. Metta explains who was the hardest player for him to guard in the NBA, how he would choose to defend himself against a mountain lion, and what the motivation was for him to change his name.

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1. 0:00welcome welcome welcome to armchair expert experts on Expert I'm Dax Randall Shepard I'm joined by Monica Lily padman
2. 41:34so people know that you're going through something and it's okay you're going to get through it so that's when I really
3. 1:24:31about this these teams that lost miserably but they beat the spread celebrating them that's really funny oh