Dumars also dismissed some bogus rumors.

The first, from a newspaper story out of New York, was that Coach Larry Brown was putting pressure on Dumars to take Carmelo Anthony with the second pick.

"It's hard to respond to that, since we never once had a conversation other than about us taking Darko at No. 2," he said. "It's hard to dispel something that never happened. It's a non-issue. Larry is as excited as I am about the prospect of bringing this young kid (Milicic) in."