When attending Christian Rivas' program, Ci Shiping announced his decision, and he also explained the reason for the recall of Artest. By convention, Ci Shiping should be called Artest below.

20 1 1 During the playoffs, Artest announced that he would change his name to "Charity-World-Peace", and China fans would call it Ci Shiping for short. This new name bothers Artest because many fans have created embarrassment.

"When I participated in the first competition in the name of Ci Shiping, I said,' This is the stupidest thing ever.' 20 1 1, as soon as I got up from the bench, the fans began to shout,' We want to overthrow world peace!' I still remember that I didn't want to take off my training suit and reveal my name. It was embarrassing. "

"So, I really thought about changing my name, but later I got used to it and people got used to it. Now, it's interesting, because I'm married, and my name is' Meta Sandford-Artest'. In fact, I put my wife's surname under my name. "

Ron Artest recently married Maya, and he was ecstatic about this relationship.

During the lockout of 2065 438+0 1 NBA, Artest changed his name to Ci Shiping, which shocked the whole NBA world. At that time, he made amazing remarks to the Los Angeles Times.

"I changed my name because I was tired of Artest. He is a (dirty word). When fans are angry with me, they can't say, "I hate world peace." "

A few years ago, when Ci Shiping played for Sichuan team in CBA, he was also called "Friends of Panda", but that was not Artest's official name, just a nickname.