This trade pretty much guarantees that CP3 will never get a ring. Being traded to Washington and playing on a rebuild roster has to be disheartening for him, but he will be a veteran for the younger players to look up to.
He is a good leader to the young players just like how he led the young OKC a few years back to the playoff. That team was also in a rebuilding process but CP3 was able to bring that team to the playoff and performed well. There is something in him that the young players find great inspiration. That is what will be lacking with the Suns next season. I believe the success of the Suns in recent years was because of the leadership of Chris Paul.
Phoenix on the other hand just got way better. Beal is a beast. Suns got a shooter to go along with Booker, Durant, and Ayton. Should be an interesting season for the Suns next season.
This is interesting in the sense that who will be the Alpha of this team? Durant has more success, but he did not bring good leadership to Brooklyn when he went there. Will he be a better leader in Phoenix? Booker was with the team longer and has been the franchise player. Will he relinquish leadership to Durant now that CP3 is out?
The Suns might turn into another Brooklyn Nets, with 3 superstars and with no role and bench players on their roster. So I don't see it as a good trade for the Suns though. Why not just trade CP3 for a good point guard or center as Ayton is also going to leave?
And those three are pure offensive superstars. None of them can really defend. So the role players they should get should be great defenders that will complement these three. We all know that without defense, any team will have a hard time getting a championship. That was already done in Houston and it got them nowhere. Hopefully, the Sun is not making the same mistake.