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Shaquille O’Neal: Andrew Bogut “would have been Australian BBQ chicken” had they matched up

The passionate debate over a matchup that could have never happened crossed into another era.

The argument no longer just involves how the ‘Showtime’ Lakers would fare against the current Golden State Warriors. It also involves how the Lakers teams featuring Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant in their prime would fare. O’Neal delivered some honest commentary as powerful as his ferocious dunks.

“We’d kill them,” O’Neal said on Wednesday on “The Dan Patrick Show.” “Just like you can’t hand-check Steph Curry, you can’t hand-check Kobe either.”

O’Neal then offered a challenge to the Warriors’ starting center.