With all of the world's problems out there there is plenty to talk about. But in the basketball world the conversation around the water cooler is centered on the recent comments of Shaquille O'Neal.

O'Neal randomly took to Instagram Sunday evening to let everyone including former Chicago Bull Scottie Pippen know that he, along with other Los Angeles Laker greats Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, Elgin Baylor and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, would beat a Chicago Bulls squad featuring Derrick Rose, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, and Horace Grant. O'Neal not only said the Lakers would beat that Bulls team, but that they would win the game by 50 points.

Obviously, this did not set well with Bulls fans around here and especially Pippen who engaged O'Neal in a junior high-ish exchange of comments between the two. Like I said, there are many more things to talk about, but this did make me think about the potential match up. It is an interesting thought. I think the Lakers would probably win it but not by 50 points like Shaq says.

What are your thoughts?

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