Are we winning?

On championships, legacies, and what's the dang point of all of this anyway?

The Phoenix Suns are very good right now.

They just completed a handy sweep of the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Semifinals, one punctuated by a frustration-fueled ejection of Denver’s newly-minted MVP Nikola Jokic and an impressive bout of pugilistic prognosticating from one of their fans. Young star Devin Booker is on fire, and has been introducing heretofore unseen levels of swagger into the pregame proceedings. With superstars like LeBron James and Steph Curry already at home, and the Brooklyn Nets’ superstar Voltron suddenly reeling from injuries, the Suns—two seasons removed from finishing dead last in the Western Conference—have a very good chance at making their first NBA Finals since 1993 and even winning the franchise’s first-ever championship. At this point, they might even be the favorite to do so.

It is supremely unfair that whether or not they succeed will undoubtedly be a referendum on Chris Paul’s career.

An 11-time All-Star, the 36-year-old Paul’s resume thro…