Metta World Peace thinks NBA players are a 'bunch of babies'

Metta World Peace has returned to the Los Angeles Lakers after a few seasons away from the NBA. Don't worry, he's as outspoken as ever.

"I remember I came into the NBA in 1999, the game was a little bit more rough," he told The Los Angeles Times after practice Saturday. "The game now is more for kids. It's not really a man's game anymore. The parents are really protective of their children. They cry to their [Amateur Athletic Union] coaches. They cry to the refs, 'That's a foul. That's a foul.'"

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.