So if most of the participating players are projected to be second round picks or rookie free agents, why does the entire NBA converge on the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago each summer? Ronald Tillery of Gomemphis.com reports that it is like a rumor-filled convention.  

There are going to be players that improve their position during the three-day camp, like Ryan Humphrey of Notre Dame. He scored 21 points on 9 of 10 shooting in only 23 minutes. J.R. Bremner of St. Bonaventure also turned heads by scoring 22 points (7 of 11) with five rebounds, four assists and no turnovers.

But the NBA execs aren?t there just to scout players for the upcoming draft, they are also there to talk about trades. Some of the whispers include the Sonics, Clippers, Bulls and Cavaliers.

Several league executives have been led to believe the Sonics are shopping forward Vin Baker. Seattle would love to move the underachieving, overpaid and often overweight Baker to the Eastern Conference. Baker is available because he and the club are convinced it's time for a change, especially following another season of discontent.

A notion that the Los Angeles Clippers would be willing to part with swingman Lamar Odom persists. Chicago general manager Jerry Krause and Clippers GM Elgin Baylor sat together during at least two games. Krause and Baylor pulled off a draft-day deal involving all-star forward Elton Brand a year ago.

The apparent availability of point guard Andre Miller has made Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Jim Paxson popular. The Cavs do not want to pay Miller the maximum contract he's seeking this summer. And there is talk of a scenario that would send Miller to Chicago for the No. 2 pick.

Meanwhile, as the "convention" winds down, the pre-draft conjecture has only just begun.