That's a simple yes or no question.  Even if the trade formula is complicated, Clipper Management should be able to answer a straight question like that.  Oshey said the Clipper's future first round pick is "well protected".  Given the direction that the TWovles franchise is going, the Clippers are likely to get a very low first round draft pick from Minni in 2012.  If that pick is somehow involved in this trade, I wouldn't consider that the Clippers had "protected" their future 1st round draft pick to pull that trade off.

Let's see if they can answer that question.  Can you or Lisa D. pose a question like that without Clipper Management balking at the answering the question because it's "complicated".