And how many teams, at their current state, would settle for trying to get to the 45-to-48 win mark before worrying about what it takes to actually contend?

I agree that the former group of teams likely has basically no interest in trading for Simmons, especially now that he's taken this strange approach to leaving Philly. You need shooting in the playoffs, especially the later rounds, there's just no real way around it. But I think Simmons has clear value for the latter group of teams-- and I think the latter teams handily outnumber the former.

So while he may be "useless" in his current form for, say, 8ish teams in the NBA? He would absolutely raise the ceiling for at least half the teams in the league, all while carrying the upside of "holy shit if he's anything but passive as a shooter, he's a perennial All-NBA guy."