In a recent game between the Wizards and Nuggets last week, Nuggets rookie Vincent Yarbrough decided to go after Michael Jordan after scoring six straight points.  Amazingly Yarbrough's talking stopped when Jordan responded "You watched me, I didn't watch you." After this point Yarbrough scored two points through the rest of the game.

The source of Jordan's ammunition?  Yarbrough's bio in the Nuggets' media guide lists Jordan as his favorite player growing up.

"It happens in the streets, it happens on the playground," Jordan said. "Today turned into a vocal game. For me I take great competition in talking trash, especially against someone that doesn't have any business talking trash."

"They initiated everything. Juwan (Howard) got things going and the young kids chimed in after that. The thing about talking trash if you've got to back it up. You can talk all day but if you're not putting forth the effort and backing up what you say it becomes an added burden on you."