Welcome to the Phoenix Suns, Kendall Marshall!

Well, the 2012 NBA Draft is over and surprisingly the Phoenix Suns didn't deal their pick for Marvin Williams or Matt Barnes. I think the biggest surprise from the draft is that of all the trades that were rumored to be on the table, the most underwhelming ones actually executed. I know one involved the amazing and game changing prospect Tyler Zeller (sarcasm for those who can't tell) and another involved the 76ers giving the Miami Heat a first round pick for some damn reason, other than that...eh.

I was probably kidding myself hoping the Rockets would throw the house at Dwight Howard only to be left in the dust next season, or waiting for the Cavaliers to trade up to #2 to take Bradley Beal and then the Wizards shatter Charlotte's dreams by taking Thomas Robinson with the rage of a middle school teenager.

But alas none of the goodness happened and we had a pretty underwhelming draft in terms of mixing it up. Although Cleveland did provide a good laugh by taking lottery prospect Dion Waiters at the #4 slot, and then Toronto was forced to take late first round prospect Terrence Ross at #8. But anyways, onto Phoenix...

Wait, we didn't win the draft lottery!?

I sit here watching Mad Men on Netflix, after listening to Best Coast's latest album (review up later) something was on my mind, "oh right I had to do another sports blog entry...oh right the NBA draft lottery was today". I figured what better thing to talk about than the lottery and the upcoming NBA Draft? And yeah you may be wondering why I'm not discussing the playoffs well...in the words of the infamous Jim Mora tirade, "playoffs?!"

You thought I'd discuss the playoffs? No way, that's for fans of successful teams, and a group us Suns fans are traditionally apart of that. With the team in the lottery for the second straight year and about to enter the most crucial off-season in the past decade, I've come to terms with the harsh truth...the Suns are about to enter a rebuilding phase.

This isn't a familiar phase as Phoenix has been, historically one of the NBA's most successful franchises. The Steve Nash era has most likely come to an end in Phoenix, the front office now looks to the future and faces the most pivotal short period this summer. So this arises the great question, what happens with the draft?