Unequivocally, this is the most excited I've been for the NBA Draft and we already know the first two names David Stern will announce.

Since I'm more of a college basketball, perhaps it's due to getting a heavy dose of each and every prospect. Or possibly it's that even the 9th pick (Bulls) is critical and a very, very good player will land there. A very, very good player will land in the late teens.

Or course the most intriguing element to today is the possible of a blockbuster trades and a great deal of shifting at the top of the draft. Something will surely mess up our predictions today, it's just a matter of what that will be. Speaking of which, be sure to enter in your mock draft predictions to take on the experts.

On to today's rumors:

Any chance the Kevin Garnett deal still happens? Depends who you're listening to. Sounds as if it's Atlanta who is holding the trade up for financial reasons. If it's finances they are concerned about, then the following rumor makes sense ...

Is it possible the Atlanta Hawks will draft Yi Jianlian at 3? Wow. And here I was thinking there was no way for Billy Knight to screw up the draft. It appears there is a group of the Hawks management pressuring for Yi, which I can only assume is a marketing/business decision.

A new All-Star name surfaces in trade talks. Sonics want to trade Ray Allen for a top pick.

Someone trade somebody. That's all I ask. I'll keep updating the rumors throughout the day. As far the schedule today: Plan on a CF Mock Draft compared to the FanIQ Predictions later today and of course, you'd better be here tonight for the NBA Draft Live-Comment Thread.

Feel free to post any and all rumors you hear in the comments.