Ben Simmons value was trash when he got traded. What revisionist history are we having right now?
The dude was coming off of that infamous p*ssy play in the ATL series. Then he got in his feelings after Doc and Joel's comments after that series. THEN he quit on the team and it was so bad that everyone thought he was faking an injury. Klutch eventually dropped him as a client in wake of all this shyt.
All those accolades didn't matter, because at the time of his trade, only a select few teams wanted to touch him. He wasn't considered a guy that would fit with any team. PLUS, Morey was turning down offer after offer because he was not budging to acquire a star player in return for him.
1 disgruntled star got traded for another. Regardless of how people feel about Zach, you know what you're going to get out of him still. Ben Simmons was a mystery and hasn't been the same in years.