Trade rumors are swirling, with the trade deadline upcoming on Feb. 21. And in the current media landscape -- driven by text messages, Twitter and other bite-size forms of rapidly moving information -- these rumors tend to run a little more rampant than usual.

Celtics forward Kevin Garnett, who has a no-trade clause in his contract, has been involved in those rumors, specifically with The Sporting News reporting that the Clippers were interested in Garnett in a deal that could include Caron Butler and Eric Bledsoe.