Apr 22, 2009 3:24 PM EST

Rockets forward Ron Artest refuses to believe that injured teammate Tracy McGrady has picked the Lakers to win the NBA Championship.

"He picked us," Artest told The Carmichael Dave show on KHTK.

The host fired back with: "No, he didn't. He picked the Lakers."

"No, he didn't," Artest insisted. "Tracy didn't say that, you know, he didn't say that. He didn't say that... I think that guy who said that wasn't Tracy, it was a look-alike. I just got a text, it was a look alike... He's got total confidence in us."

Via Sports Radio Interviews