had no thoughts of coming back and playing the game of basketball. Bryon Russell came over to me and said, 'Why did you quit? You know I could guard you.' ... From this day forward, if I ever see [Russell] in shorts, I'm coming at him." In response, Russell challenged Jordan to a game of one-on-one for charity. Such a match-up has not yet taken place, though the Utah Flash of the NBDL did stage a halftime game between Russell and a Jordan look-alike. Career statistics NBA statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 67 || 48 || 16.7 || .484 || .091 || .614 || 2.7 || .8 || 1.0 || .3 || 5.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 63 || 15 || 13.7 || .437 || .295 || .667 || 2.2 || .5 || .8 || .2 || 4.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 59 || 9 || 9.8 || .394 || .350 || .716 || 1.5 || .5 || .5 || .1 || 2.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 81 || 81 || 31.2 || .479 || .409 || .701 || 4.1 || 1.5 || 1.6 || .3 || 10.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 82 || 7 || 27.1 || .430 || .341 || .766 || 4.0 || 1.2 || 1.1 || .4 || 9.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 50 || 50 || 35.4 || .464 || .354 || .795 || 5.3 || 1.5 || 1.5 || .3 || 12.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 82 || 70 || 35.4 || .446 || .396 || .750 || 5.2 || 1.9 || 1.6 || .3 || 14.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 78 || 46 || 31.7 || .440 || .413 || .779 || 4.2 || 2.1 || 1.2 || .3 || 12.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 66 || 40 || 30.3 || .380 || .341 || .821 || 4.5 || 2.1 || 1.0 || .3 || 9.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Washington | 70 || 23 || 19.8 || .353 || .329 || .768 || 3.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || .1 || 4.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Lakers | 72 || 1 || 13.1 || .402 || .384 || .769 || 2.0 || 1.0 || .4 || .2 || 4.0 |-