The Los Angeles Lakers have shopped for everything this summer: prospects and veterans, scorers and stoppers, notable names and less heralded ones.
Now, they might be ready to give Peace a chance. Or another chance, rather.
The Purple and Gold are reportedly pondering bringing veteran forward Metta World Peace back to Tinseltown, though L.A.'s level of interest is difficult to gauge.
League sources told Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski that the Lakers are "seriously considering" signing the 35-year-old forward, but a league official told Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times that the two parties have only had "casual conversations" about a reunion.
Either way, there's some attraction here. And the sources for both hoops scribes all agree that franchise face Kobe Bryant would welcome his teammate from 2009-13 with open arms.
That shouldn't surprise anyone.
World Peace not only started for the Lakers' last championship-banner-raising squad (2010); he also impressed Bryant with his competitive drive.
"He's the one guy that ...
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