The HEAT is Burning Arizona's GM's Brains!!!

I know it has been around 110 degrees for the past month but everyone else in the valley seems to make it to work and not destroy everything in their path. The same can not be said for the Suns and Dbacks GM's and ownership.

First, yesterday (Thursday) Byrnes (Josh - Gm) and Byrnes (Eric - OF) decide that contract talks are too far apart and end all discussions. Then Josh announces to the nation that they will not trade Eric. WHAT!!!! You are going to lose the player at the end of the season for nothing... I will repeat... nothing! How does that improve this team? I blogged just two days ago that they need to be sellers and now they have a guy that is ready to be sold and the Dbacks decide to do nothing. I am officially confused and frustrated.

Second, today the Suns ship Kurt Thomas and 2008 Suns 1st round draft pick (hopefully low 20's) and the Suns 2010 1st round draft pick for.... nothing. How come I keep using the word nothing when mentioning the Suns and Dbacks. They officially get Orlando's 2nd round pick in 08 and a 8 million dollar trade exemption. So I looked all over online for the stats of Mr. Trade Exemption and could not find them. I did find this list of second round draft picks for the suns:

06 - traded to Minnesota, Loukas Mavrokefalidis
05 - traded to Orlando, Marcin Gortat
04 - traded to Orlando, Antonio Burks
03 - traded to Chicago, Matt Bonner
02 - traded to Washington via Denver, Rod Grizzard
01 - Suns pick Alton Ford
00 - traded to Denver, Dan McClintock
99 - no pick in 2nd round
98 - no pick in 2nd round
97 - Suns pick #43 -Stephen Jackson, yes Golden States SJ - waived at end of training camp

So in the past 10 years we have several games played as a bench player by Alton Ford. In other words no production at all, so now that 2nd round pick is essentially worth nothing. So we trade all of our interior defense, our best defender against Duncan and the Spurs, along with 2 first round draft picks for nothing!!!! Now I am not just upset but pissed. I will be back later today to vent some more but for now I am out.