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Iman Shumpert Claims Illinois’ All-Time Team Would Beat New Jersey’s All-Time Team With Shaquille O’Neal

Illinois native Iman Shumpert believes his state has produced better players than even New Jersey.

Gautam Varier
Jun 9, 2025
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Iman Shumpert was born in Berwyn, Illinois, and believes his state has produced the best basketball players. A clip of Shumpert arguing with rappers Mu Real and B Jack$ about Illinois having a better all-time team than New Jersey went viral on social media recently.

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Mu Real put together a starting five of Kyrie Irving, Jalen Brunson, J.R. Smith, Karl-Anthony Towns, and Shaquille O’Neal. The bench, meanwhile, had the likes of Dennis Rodman, Donovan Mitchell, Al Harrington, Andrew Bynum, and Mike Bibby.

As for Shumpert’s starting five, it was Derrick Rose, Dwyane Wade, Antoine Walker, Juwan Howard, and Kevin Garnett, who went to high school in Illinois. Shumpert himself would be one of those coming off the bench, along with the likes of Isiah Thomas, Anthony Davis, and Andre Iguodala.

Shumpert claimed that he could slow down his former Cleveland Cavaliers teammates Irving and Smith if they had it going. He stated that those two know that as well.

Here’s what fans had to say about this Illinois-New Jersey matchup.  

“Jersey nice, but Illinois killing them,” one fan thinks Illinois would easily come out on top. 

“New Jersey and it’s not even close,” another believes New Jersey has the far better team.

“Jersey smacking any state by 20+ too,” a fan thinks New Jersey would blow out every other state. 

“Who’s going to stop Shaq?? Lol,” one fan asked who on Illinois could slow down O’Neal.

“Illinois too good, prime D Rose without injuries??!! It’s not even close,” a fan thinks having Rose in his prime gives Illinois the edge.

Wade also chimed in, and he is unsurprisingly backing Shumpert here. 

“Talk that talk, Shump,” Wade wrote.

This would be a fascinating matchup, but you’d reckon O’Neal, who won four titles, three Finals MVPs, one MVP, and two scoring titles in his NBA career, tips the scales in New Jersey’s favor. He is the best player on the court by some distance and has a great supporting cast around him as well.

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Gautam Varier is a staff writer and columnist for Fadeaway World from Mumbai, India. He graduated from Symbiosis International University with a Master of Business specializing in Sports Management in 2020. This educational achievement enables Gautam to apply sophisticated analytical techniques to his incisive coverage of basketball, blending business acumen with sports knowledge.Before joining Fadeaway World in 2022, Gautam honed his journalistic skills at Sportskeeda and SportsKPI, where he covered a range of sports topics with an emphasis on basketball. His passion for the sport was ignited after witnessing the high-octane offense of the Steve Nash-led Phoenix Suns. Among the Suns, Shawn Marion stood out to Gautam as an all-time underrated NBA player. Marion’s versatility as a defender and his rebounding prowess, despite being just 6’7”, impressed Gautam immensely. He admired Marion’s finishing ability at the rim and his shooting, despite an unconventional jump shot, believing that Marion’s skill set would have been even more appreciated in today’s NBA.This transformative experience not only deepened his love for basketball but also shaped his approach to sports writing, enabling him to connect with readers through vivid storytelling and insightful analysis.
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