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Metta World Peace son Jeron Artest, future Gilas Pilipinas player?

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<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:59.43181818181819% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BR4B_RrjidE/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Wetball World Peace (@jeronartest)</a> on <time dateTime="2017-03-20T21:44:48+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Mar 20, 2017 at 2:44pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Courtesy of <em>Jeron Artest&#x27;s Instagram</em>.</p><p>Jeron Artest, the 16-year-old son of NBA all-star Metta World Peace, is in the process of getting a Philippine passport, which means one thing — he would be eligible to play for the national basketball team.</p><p>“My son already applied for a Philippine passport. He’s hoping to make the (national) team someday,” Peace said on Saturday in a <a href="http://www.spin.ph/basketball/news/metta-world-peace-reveals-son-jeron-artest-already-applied-for-ph-passport-in-hopes-of-joining-gilas-someday">report </a>posted on Spin.ph, quoting a conversation between the Los Angeles Lakers forward and SnippetMedia’s Kristina Maralit upon his arrival in the country.</p><p>Artest&#x27;s mother, Jennifer Ruth Uy Palma, is a Filipina.</p><p>Artest was in Manila as recently as 2015, where a <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/04/11/15/metta-world-peaces-son-open-play-la-salle">report </a>came out that he was open to play varsity basketball in the Philippines.</p><p>According to Maralit, Peace was in the country for 24 hours on a &quot;personal visit.&quot;</p><p>Here are some videos showing Artest in action on the basketball court.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jeron Artest Steals and Assist to Gary Harris Big Dunk Wins in Double OT <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PangosElite?src=hash">#PangosElite</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PangosSweet16">@PangosSweet16</a> <a href="https://t.co/snHgAQU3f6">pic.twitter.com/snHgAQU3f6</a></p>— SPORTSTOP100! (@sportstop100) <a href="https://twitter.com/sportstop100/status/886473994789994496">July 16, 2017</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Takari Fields slams dime from Jeron Artest! 79-53 <a href="https://twitter.com/i10celtics">@i10celtics</a> win vs Saints Basketball <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AdidasUprising?src=hash">#AdidasUprising</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LasVegas?src=hash">#LasVegas</a> <a href="https://t.co/027uxB5NR2">pic.twitter.com/027uxB5NR2</a></p>— SPORTSTOP100! (@sportstop100) <a href="https://twitter.com/sportstop100/status/890823926581940224">July 28, 2017</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/JeronArtest">@JeronArtest</a> putting in work! Looking like Old school Jason Kidd ! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hillcrest?src=hash">#hillcrest</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeAreAZ?src=hash">#WeAreAZ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hillcrestprep?src=hash">#hillcrestprep</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bruins?src=hash">#bruins</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/az?src=hash">#az</a> <a href="https://t.co/L3RdhWIMUN">pic.twitter.com/L3RdhWIMUN</a></p>— Hillcrest Prep (@Hillcrest_Hoops) <a href="https://twitter.com/Hillcrest_Hoops/status/874769508803674113">June 13, 2017</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</p>

<p>Jeron Artest is in the process of getting a Philippine passport, which means one thing — he would be eligible to play for the national basketball team.</p>

Jeron Artest is in the process of getting a Philippine passport, which means one thing — he would be eligible to play for the national basketball team.