HOUSTON (AP) Former Houston Rockets star Calvin Murphy declared Tuesday ``I did not do this'' regarding charges that he molested five of his daughters.

Murphy said the charges were ``money motivated,'' but declined to elaborate.

``Please don't jump to judgment,'' he said during a call-in program on KILT-AM in Houston. ``Give the system a chance to do its job, and then everything will come out to the light.''

Murphy was due to appear in court Wednesday on three counts of aggravated sexual assault and three counts of indecency with a child that were filed Monday. He is free on $90,000 bond.

``I did not do this,'' Murphy said, noting that he hadn't talked to the alleged victims in the case for ``quite some time.''

``My family is divided right now, obviously, and there are a lot of mixed emotions going around,'' he said.

Murphy also challenged a statement Monday by Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal that Murphy has a number of families around the country. ``I can assure you I have no other families,'' Murphy said, insisting that all 14 of his children are in the Houston area.

According to court documents, the alleged abuse occurred in Harris County between May 1988 and April 1991 when the five girls were under 17.

Murphy, a television analyst for the Rockets, was a star guard for the franchise from 1970 to 1983. The Hall of Fame sharpshooter, who at 5-foot-9 was known as the ``Pocket Rocket,'' shot 89 percent on free throws during his career and averaged 18 points per game.

He has taken a leave of absence from his broadcasting duties.

Murphy was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993, and his retired number hangs from the rafters in Toyota Center.