Making NBA history, the Golden State Warriors won 73 games last season, beating a record set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, who went 72-10. Yet while both of those of teams are always talked about when the conversation of best team ever comes up, Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal has a different choice.

Unsurprisingly, O'Neal picks a team that he was on as the best ever — the 2001 Los Angeles Lakers that went 15-1 in the postseason to win the championship.

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Now after boldly saying best team ever, O'Neal does say “best championship team ever,” so he does add that qualifier, which actually makes his case a bit stronger. That Lakers team went 56-26 in the regular season, which is nothing compared to the 73-win Warriors and 72-win Bulls. But as O'Neal says, the Lakers just dominated in the postseason and likely could've went undefeated throughout if Allen Iverson didn't have a monster Game 1 performance in the Finals.

Also adding to O'Neal's claim is the fact that the Warriors lost in the Finals last season. Because of this, the 2015-2016 Warriors may just be the greatest regular season team of all time. The 95-96 Bulls though, did win a championship so they should have a leg up on O'Neal's Lakers.

But while we can debate which team is the best of all-time until we are blue in the face and our voices grow hoarse, that shouldn't take anything away from the 2001 Lakers' impressive postseason run, a team that was insanely good. Best of all-time though? Probably not but still one of the better teams in NBA history.