Metta World Peace's Panda-friendly shoes (photos)

Last season, Metta World Peace signed with hiss hometown New York Knicks.

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World Peace averaged a career-low 4.8 points and 2.0 rebounds per game while shooting 39.7% from the field, 31.5% from beyond the arc and 62.5% from the free throw line. He asked for his release from the Knicks and they granted it. However, he never found another home in the NBA. There was a lot of speculation he could re-join the Knicks after his former coach with the Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson, took over as president but that didn’t work out either.

Instead, World Peace decided to head to China, inking a one-year, $1.43 million deal with the Sichuan Blue Whales to become the league’s highest paid-player in the league.

After signing with the Blue Whales, World Peace decided to change his name to Panda Friend based on his love for pandas.

Now, World Peace has designed his own panda-friendly shoes.

You can check those shoes out below.

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(These photo come courtesy of Courtside Access)

In his 15-year career, the former St. John’s Red Storm star has played for the Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets, Lakers and Knicks. The 16th-overall pick in the first round of the 1999 Draft has put up 13.8 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game while shooting 41.7% from the field, 34.1% from beyond the arc and 71.6% from the charity stripe.

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Metta World Peace’s Panda-friendly shoes (photos)

By Andrew Melnick | Sep 22, 2014

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