Also, if you're the Wolves and all he gives you is a 16/8/8 regular season then like 12/8/9 and a reluctance to shoot in the playoffs (those are his lines last year)... you take it, that's like a top 10 player in franchise history, and your franchise gets to the playoffs for the 2nd time in almost 20 years.And what if he doesn't?
There were plenty of people on this board talking about how Giannis would never win a title because he's not made for playoff basketball.
A lot of teams will never have the chance to acquire a talent like Ben Simmons, and at a pretty decent price. Gambling on Ben Simmons would be wise even if it didn't work out.
Most teams aren't title contenders and have no real path to get there, plenty of places getting a 5 seed is a great year.