The Big Diesel has weighed in with his own ideas on who is the better player between Michael Jordan and Lebron James. While he would take Jordan over James, he thinks that another player is better than the both of them: Dr. Julius Erving.  

Shaquille O'Neal answered the recent question over basketball's current hottest debate, which was: who would win in a 1 on 1 match, Lebron James or Michael Jordan?

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As you may remember, Jordan recently ignited the conversation when he told a group of kids in a basketball camp that he would pick himself in a hypothetical match with James. Lebron however, believef otherwise, stating that he taked himself over Jordan. 

In response to the question, Shaq stated that "You have to go with a young Jordan every time".

"It would be an interesting game," said O'Neal. "Young LeBron was more like (Lakers Hall of Famer) Magic Johnson. He was sort of like Magic with Jordan's abilities. He liked to pass, and he liked to get it up.

"But Mike was Mike. He was just special, like no one else. He always did things no one else could do, and things you couldn't compare to anyone else. So he was special, and he'd win."

He didn't stop there, however.

"I've seen young Mike and young LeBron, and I must say Dr. J is still my favorite player ... A lot of people today don't even mention his name but to me I still think he was the best. But these are questions that we'll never know the answer to."  

He then likened it to something completely unrelated an unexpected: a debate on whether he would beat Bruce Lee in a fight.

"It's a bit like if I met Bruce Lee in an alleyway. Who would win? You'll never know. Some people say well Bruce would kick Shaq's ass. Some people say well Shaq is two times bigger than Bruce Lee. It's a good question, a good conversation. But we'll never know." 

Shaq has experience with both James and Jordan. He constantly battled Michael Jordan during the 90s when O'Neal played for the Magic. His Magic beat the Bulls in 1995 but they never won a championship when Shaquille O'Neal played there. He played alongside with Lebron James as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2009. At the time O'Neal was in the twilight of his career and struggled to stay on the court. 

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