Plenty of non-contenders are just looking to straight up improve as regular season teams before they can dream about the playoffs on a regular basis. And Simmons is a no-brainer floor-raiser for the regular season for a team like Sacramento (or Washington, as I'm sure Morey is hoping).

Until Simmons looks less shook as a shooting threat, his appeal to any playoff team is going to be limited. So him holding out hope that the Lakers, Clippers, or Warriors will come off serious assets for him... is just that. Hope. Not reality. lol.