I thought the Suns with CP3 is better than the current roster they have right now. I mean, Bradley Beal could a be a good addition, but he's just another guard who can score and they already have Durant and Booker. What they really need is a pass first point guard who's also a good play maker. CP3 was the perfect piece, but then again it did not really work for Suns. I'm skeptical about this current Phoenix Suns roster, it's like I'm 60% sure this team won't gonna work out again. I bet, if they can't win a championship this year, this superstars will leave Phoenix except for Booker most probably.
I still think that if they kept CP3 then they would have been better than they have ever been since Nash mvp seasons. I mean we are talking about CP3, Beal, Booker, Durant, Ayton all playing and they could literally go out with that roster and that five as well and would have been amazing without a doubt.
I am not saying that they need to use that roster and that starting five, but they could have been doing it like that and would have been profiting without a doubt. Why they had to let him go is still beyond my understanding, they never looked like a team that would need money saved from maybe getting that buy out deal, which would be unlikely, so it is really not a logical argument to waive him in the end.
That will not happen because of salary cap. At the same time, not all 5 of them are playing in different positions, so one of them must adjust.
If all 5 of them stayed with the Suns. Their starter will be like this: CP3 at PG, Beal at SG, Booker at SF, Durant at PF, Ayton at Center. Yes it might be good, but Booker is too small for a small forward IMO, and that's an advantage for them already. Another one is their bench players. It's a good thing that they've addressed this problem already by acquiring some good players like Bol Bol, Watanabe, and others.
Even though all 5 of them will stay with the Suns, I don't think that anybody will want to play as bench player. Some might say CP3, but I don't think that he will like that especially knowing the fact that he never played as a 6th man or a bench player in his whole NBA career. Of course that might change now that he's almost 40 years old, and playing with the Warriors who have the arguably one of the best PG's right now. Overall, the Suns are still a good team right now even though they traded CP3.
As for the Suns winning the title, as long as Durant will not get injured, the Suns have a huge chance to win. 3 of the best shooters are in one team plus they have a very good defender as well in Ayton plus they have better role players right now than last season. I want the Warriors to win this season since I'm a Warriors fan, but the Suns also have a high chance of winning the title as well just by looking at their current roster.