Rockets general manager Daryl Morey has said that there is a 50 percent chance that they will use the 14th overall pick in Thursday's NBA Draft.

Houston hasn't used their own selection to draft a player since 2007 when they took guard Aaron Brooks.

"At 14, we're trying to identify what's the best talent available," vice president of player personnel Gersson Rosas said. "We try to stay away from just picking for need or picking based on what the market says. We want to identify the best talent. We don't want to leave talent on the table after we pick.

"I think you feel the pain of need through this process, but you don't want to ever make the decision based on need. As we look back at the draft, the mistakes that have been made in this league are made primarily because we let the pain of need supersede the talent that might be available.

"We know the roster changes very quickly. Wings might be a position of strength right now. With a busy offseason ahead, we might make moves, and the depth at that position might be gone. We try not to let our roster affect it at all."