Should Metta World Peace (Ron Artest) Be Kicked Out of the NBA? – Shawn Says Yes [VIDEO]

One-time basketball bad boy Ron Artest, who changed his name to Metta World Peace said it was meaningful and inspirational. I was beginning to believe it until yesterday. After dunking the ball against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second quarter, World Peace was cheering his own shot when he inexplicably hit Thunder guard James Harden in the back of the head, knocking him down. World Peace is a ticking time bomb, he has proven that time and time again, and I think it's time for him o find his way out of the NBA.  

Back when World Peace was still Artest and playing for the Indiana Pacers, he made headlines in 2004 for his role in a brawl between players and fans at a Pacers-Pistons game after somebody threw a drink on him. The NBA suspended Artest for 86 games, the biggest suspension in the history of the league.

Fast forward to September 2011, Artest announced the name change. Even before it was finalized by the court, World Peace was working on making the world a more peaceful place. In 2011, he raffled off his 2010 NBA Championship ring to help mentally ill youths. For his work with the youth, he was given the NBA's citizenship award for philanthropic work. A star turn on "Dancing With the Stars" garnered the basketball player a new legion of fans.

But in the world, peace sometimes comes with a price: The NBA is now reviewing World Peace's less than peaceable actions. World Peace was ejected from the game, and faces possible suspension for the remainder of the regular season and, even, into the playoffs. The Lakers won 114-106 over the Thunder in double overtime.

"During that play I just dunked on (Kevin Durant) and (Serge) Ibaka, and I got really emotional and excited. It was unfortunate that James had to get hit with an unintentional elbow," World Peace told reporters after the game. "I hope he's OK. The Thunder, they're playing for a championship this year, so I hope that he's OK and I apologize to the Thunder and to James Harden," he said. Hours later, World Peace tweeted that he watched the replay again: "Oooo .. My celebration of the dunk really was too much ... Didn't even see James ... Omg... Looks bad."

World Peace obviously has a problem, and that is now the NBA's problem to fix. I say get him out of the league before you have another incident like he had when he played for the Pacers in 2004 or worse.