Metta World Peace Will Wear Shoes Featuring Pandas in China (VIDEO)

The only thing better than Metta World Peace adopting the name “The Panda’s Friend” while he’s playing basketball for the Sichuan Blue Whales of the Chinese Basketball Association is that he’s got new kicks to go with it. And they are spot-on.

Update from Monday, Sept. 22
Metta World Peace explains that the panda bear is not detachable.

@BR_NBA thanks for tweeting my shoes. The Panda's Friends basketball shoe are not detachable .
— mettaworldpeace.com (@MettaWorldPeace) September 22, 2014

The bear is not detachable. The Teddy bear is a permanent and is the pandas friend! The ears on the side are also not detachable. Enjoy
— mettaworldpeace.com (@MettaWorldPeace) September 22, 2014

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When the former NBA star takes the court for the Sichuan Blue Whales, he will wear shoes with detachable pandas on them. Seriously.