Lately, Hayward recalled a hilarious story from a kind of matchups, together with Metta World Peace, then generally known as Ron Artest, evaluating him to a prevalent pop star. “I keep in mind, and this in all probability didn’t need to do with I used to be white, however perhaps my face and hair and every part, however we performed the Lakers, I believe it was preseason,” mentioned Hayward, through The Dan LeBatard Present. “They had Ron Artest and I checked in the game, and he like looks at me, then looks back at Kobe, then looks back at me, and he’s like, ‘Hey Kobe,’ and he’s pointing at me and says ‘just throw me the ball in the post, look who’s guarding me, I got Bieber guarding me.’ And positive sufficient he simply posted me up, and this was when Ron Artest was actually good, I had no likelihood of guarding him. I believe coach took me out, sat proper again down.” -via Clutch Points / August 7, 2024
