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After Michael Jordan called him out in his Hall of Fame speech, former Utah player Bryon Russell had a terse response today. "I'll play his a-- right now," he told Yahoo Sports. “This is a call-out for him to come play me. He can come out here in his private jet and come play. He’s got millions of dollars. He can pay for the jet. He can meet me at the Recreation Center in Calabasas. “We can have Mark Jackson do the commentating. We can have Mitch Richmond do the officiating. We can put it on TV and see if Michael’s still got it.” In his speech, Jordan credited Russell for inspiring his second comeback. Jordan saw Russell, then a rookie, practicing one day and Rusell told him: "Why’d you quit? You know I could guard you. If I ever see you in a pair of shorts…" Jordan then said in his speech: “When I did come back in 1995 and we played Utah in ’96, I’m at the center circle and Bryon Russell is standing next to me. I said, ‘You remember the [comments] you made in 1994 about, ‘I think I can guard you, I can shut you down, I would love to play against you? Well, you’re about to get your chance. ” Jordan hit his famous Finals-winning shot in 1998 over Russell. End of story.