Jim O'Brien denied a report he said he could live with the Pacers losing 50 games this season.

A New York Daily News columnist (Mitch Lawrence) wrote in Sunday's paper that O'Brien wouldn't be surprised if Jermaine O'Neal is traded this season. He also wrote that O'Brien took the job after telling team officials he could live with them losing 50 games.

"I don't know where the hell they got it," O'Brien said. "I never, ever said that to one person. I would be absolutely disgusted. I would never say that. That's disgusting to me."