Steve Wyche of the washington Post reports that Michael Jordan has put the rest of the league on notice.

"You say the young dogs are going to chase me around. Well, I'm not going to bark too far away from them, either," Jordan said. "I'm not running from nobody. If anything, it'll be a great challenge for me. I'm not saying that I can take Kobe Bryant, that I can take Tracy McGrady. You guys are the only ones saying that they can take me.

"That's all good and fine. I'm pretty sure they're sitting back welcoming the challenge. Guess what? I'm sitting back welcoming the challenge, too. I'm not walking into the dark. I know what I'm capable of doing. I know what's going to be expected of me. . . . Everybody's motivated to come out and play against me. Well, everybody was motivated to play against me when I left. So things haven't changed."