{"id":144340,"date":"2025-06-04T07:47:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T07:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/metta-world-peace-wants-knicks-head-coaching-spot-ive-been-ready\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T07:47:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T07:47:18","slug":"metta-world-peace-wants-knicks-head-coaching-spot-ive-been-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/metta-world-peace-wants-knicks-head-coaching-spot-ive-been-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"Metta World Peace Wants Knicks&#8217; Head Coaching Spot, I&#8217;ve Been Ready!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Metta World Peace<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Make Me Next Knicks Head Coach<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">&#8230; Hear Me Out!!!<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-06-04T00:30:48-07:00\">June 4, 2025 12:30 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-6174a8485e590ee2e09c26c4fc81cd2a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-02696bea-2c4c-427d-bdef-13a8e25ee370-1137844332-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-02696bea-2c4c-427d-bdef-13a8e25ee370-1137844332-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/bf\/16by9\/2025\/06\/03\/bfd59d058058416b85562b9ce8059464_md.jpg\" alt=\"060325_meta_world_peace_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6174a8485e590ee2e09c26c4fc81cd2a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cf58247405f7937996dea8842c7891fe\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The New York Knicks can cease their head teaching search &#8230; &#8216;trigger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/metta-world-peace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Metta World Peace<\/strong><\/a> says he is the man for the job!!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cf58247405f7937996dea8842c7891fe--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2b69c3c1a85a625c179d3a5988db9c10\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> caught up with the previous NBA star following the surprising firing of <strong>Tom Thibodeau<\/strong> on Tuesday &#8230; and MWP defined he is useless severe about main the N.Y. sidelines.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2b69c3c1a85a625c179d3a5988db9c10--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bb1ae70ce295b6d4b616b9c3203a663b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250603_64cf10be9b454081bab8683df33d697d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:f305e57f-c35d-4517-b0e3-88b1dd2df916\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/64\/4by3\/2025\/06\/03\/64cf10be9b454081bab8683df33d697d_md.jpg\" alt=\"Metta World Peace  getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bb1ae70ce295b6d4b616b9c3203a663b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c27aab59dd08dd754840474af754a7c8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d love the chance simply to teach,&#8221; the 45-year-old mentioned. &#8220;I&#8217;m not involved in nothing else. I&#8217;ve been making ready for this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c27aab59dd08dd754840474af754a7c8--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e8be49796fbed8fdbe0f55829c65c37d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In truth &#8230; Metta mentioned he wasn&#8217;t gonna wait by the cellphone for the Knicks to come back calling &#8212; he already notified the entrance workplace of his curiosity.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e8be49796fbed8fdbe0f55829c65c37d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bf44e0cf74231f82ab5323de17a9ba26\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;I despatched messages in all places,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bf44e0cf74231f82ab5323de17a9ba26--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f1210560536e1c839f0f1d93d496ca2d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Don&#8217;t neglect &#8212; Metta, a New York native, has teaching expertise. He&#8217;s labored within the G-League with the South Bay Lakers, spent a number of years teaching the Palisades High School women basketball crew and is a part of the Cal State L.A. girls&#8217;s basketball workers.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f1210560536e1c839f0f1d93d496ca2d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1796042a468a335ad16adf631e32d3de\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250603_a4ae332dc51a4512a7c4a97f7f050e10\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:f305e57f-c35d-4517-b0e3-88b1dd2df916\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a4\/4by3\/2025\/06\/03\/a4ae332dc51a4512a7c4a97f7f050e10_md.jpg\" alt=\"Metta World Peace coaching instagram\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1796042a468a335ad16adf631e32d3de--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bca4e1dee77590bf7ae5c1448a823f5a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>All that comes after enjoying greater than a decade and a half with a number of the finest coaches within the NBA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/phil-jackson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Phil Jackson<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Rick Carlisle<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/rick-adelman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Rick Adelman<\/strong><\/a> to call a couple of), and successful a title with the Lakers in 2010.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bca4e1dee77590bf7ae5c1448a823f5a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-55cbf2ea31e2abe05661f8b8fd60b62d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He even had a stint within the Blue and Orange himself, so it is an ideal match!!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-55cbf2ea31e2abe05661f8b8fd60b62d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1924a6652f0973f25c2d652a246ca0fe\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;You can have a look at the accolades, and you may have a look at somebody that is been making ready,&#8221; Metta mentioned. &#8220;Not simply ready and sitting there. You&#8217;re speaking about somebody who&#8217;s been placing within the work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1924a6652f0973f25c2d652a246ca0fe--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b89fcdb91d27e9741b66b030d493c772\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250603_ab75fdf3d29a41d6909739780f94dc74\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:f305e57f-c35d-4517-b0e3-88b1dd2df916\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ab\/4by3\/2025\/06\/03\/ab75fdf3d29a41d6909739780f94dc74_md.jpg\" alt=\"tom-thibodeau-sub-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b89fcdb91d27e9741b66b030d493c772--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-33f678df5d5d41454d6b873fa45d5609\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Even although Metta World Peace can be fast to leap on this chance, he does really feel for Thibs &#8230; as he was simply as shocked as the remainder of the basketball neighborhood when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/06\/03\/new-york-knicks-fire-tom-thibodeau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>information broke<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; and he felt like he did a great job.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-33f678df5d5d41454d6b873fa45d5609--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a2fa938093270796519d149d3c793731\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;I believe the town is able to win they usually making an attempt to make a transfer,&#8221; Metta mentioned. &#8220;I undoubtedly did not count on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a2fa938093270796519d149d3c793731--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Metta World Peace Make Me Next Knicks Head Coach &#8230; Hear Me Out!!! 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