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Photos of mercurial NBA and boxing personalities Dennis Rodman, Metta World Peace, Mike Tyson and Zab Judah hanging out recently resurfaced on social media. The unexpected link-up had fans buzzing, with some quipping about who was missing from the iconic pictures.
Over their respective NBA careers, Rodman and World Peace garnered reputations as two of the league's most erratic players. They regularly made headlines for negative reasons, such as headbutting referees and engaging in on-court brawls. Likewise, in the boxing world, Tyson and Judah are known for being notoriously short-fused.
In late 2020, World Peace caught many off guard by posting photos on Instagram of the quartet laughing and hanging out at Tyson Ranch. The former NBA Defensive Player of the Year captioned the post, "Just a great time with some real dogs," promoting Tyson's then-upcoming fight against Roy Jones Jr.
On Thursday @courtsidebuzzig reposted the pictures on Instagram, citing how "legendary" the moment was.
Many fans remarked about the unexpectedness of the four athletes fraternizing, with some cracking jokes about their tempers.
"This one of the wildest link-ups that could’ve ever been established," @smf_bobby said.
"All with short tempers. Imagine an argument," @princedre._ said.
"And on the next series of 'Anger Management,'" @heymrmoody_ said.
"Them alone making it rain on psychiatrists," @tdrani said.
Meanwhile, others named additional controversial athletes who were "missing" from the photos, most notably Golden State Warriors star forward Draymond Green.
"All they're missing is Draymond," @freshprinceofstratford07 said.
"They’re only missing Antonio Brown," @doey_jodds said.
Metta World Peace looked up to Dennis Rodman as mental health advocate
While Dennis Rodman and Metta World Peace were both heavily scrutinized during their careers, both publicly discussed dealing with mental health issues.
In a 2021 ESPN interview, World Peace touched on Rodman's immense influence on him as a mental health advocate.
"Dennis Rodman was the first one to come out [and publicly say he was dealing with mental health issues]," World Peace said. "He was on Oprah [in 1996]. He talked about his family. When I saw that, I was like, 'Oh, wow. I didn't know that about Dennis Rodman.' I just grew attached to Dennis. Like, 'Oh, I feel you, I understand what you're going through.'"
World Peace added that he wore his No. 91 jersey number early on his career as a tribute to Rodman.
Given their 2020 link-up, it appears World Peace has become good friends with his former role model.
