Is Carroll Dawson really saying we are going to pick Ming here?

That's what MSN and TSN said. I'm not getting that strong a message from these excerpts.

http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/CD_Speaks_With_The_Media-45051-34.html


Q: What situation would need to arise for you to trade the No. 1 pick?

CD: Trading the first pick is very hard to do because there is kind of a good feeling about having the first pick. This is the fifth one that this organization has had. It's hard to trade it because the unknown value of what you're getting is hard to rate. I'm sure we will get offers for this pick because it happens every year. Very few people trade it. We're a franchise that listens to every thing and tries to do what's best for winning, but I think that this would be a very hard pick to trade.



Q: If there are still questions about complications lingering as the draft approaches, how strongly will you consider trading the pick?

CD: That's a consideration. I don't foresee anything like that happening, but you've got to consider everything when you're in a rebuilding process like we are. That may be possible, but I don't see that happening.