EAST LANSING -- Could the son of the Big Aristotle end up in East Lansing?

That's what Shaquille O'Neal suggested on a recent episode of his podcast, The Big Podcast with Shaq.

O'Neal's son, Shareef O'Neal, is a four-star forward who plays for the Windward School in Los Angeles. He's rated the No. 38 player in the class of 2018 by 247sports.

With his son's recruiting process now underway, Shaquille O'Neal said he's not pushing his alma mater, LSU, onto him. But he did go on to name three schools his son has apparently talked about in the recruiting process.

"I want him to be able to create his own path, pick his own path," O'Neal said. "However, he did mention to me Kentucky, Michigan State or Duke."

The younger O'Neal doesn't quite have his father's size, at 6-foot-8, 190 pounds, but Shaquille described him as having better perimeter skills.

247sports currently only lists offers from UCLA and USC, but Michigan State has yet to make many offers for the 2018 class.

Michigan State also has a connection to the O'Neal family during the next year. Tom Izzo and Shaquille O'Neal are both members of the 2016 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame class, and will be inducted together in a September ceremony in Massachusetts.

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