Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird said Tuesday there is a "50-50" chance the team will have a selection in Thursday's NBA draft in New York.

"Will we try to get in the draft?" Bird said. "We probably will. We've had a lot of discussion about it. A lot of calls, but we like our core of young players, and so does everybody in the league. They're trying to get them for draft picks, and we don't know if we want to go that route."

The Pacers do not have a draft pick. They traded their first-round pick -- No. 11 -- to Atlanta to complete the Al Harrington deal. The Pacers gave Portland their second-round pick on draft night last year for the rights to James White, who was released before the season.