Today in You Are Old: Shaq's son vs. Ron Artest's son in high school hoops
This year's Basketball Hall of Fame class -- featuring Shaquille O'Neal, Yao Ming and Allen Iverson -- made us feel ancient last Friday night.
But guess what? Turns out we're super ancient! Like, dusty-ass-old-book-on-a-mahogany-shelf ancient.
Shareef O'Neal, son of Shaquille, recently played a high school basketball game against Ron Artest III. The latter's father is the NBA star formerly known as Ron Artest, who currently uses the name Metta World Peace.
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Anyway. Shareef -- whose budding game we recently spotlighted -- and Artest III are young and good at basketball. The rest of us are old and decrepit. Here are four minutes of highlights.
Both young ballers are the sons of former Lakers. Artest III attends Beverly Hills High School and only started playing basketball within the last few years. O'Neal, who attends Crossroads School in Santa Monica, is ranked among the top prospects in the class of 2018.
Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
