Trade & FA 2024-25:

[Mavs2021]

Probably because in today's NBA, overpaying for the wrong guy could nuke your entire timeline. 

I mean the Mavs were nearly victims of this with the KP trade. 2 years ago everyone was worried Luka was out of here after they went all in on Kyrie and were void of any talent. It took 4 masterful trades and some luck to scrape out of that and even still the Mavs are close to an empty cupboard compared to other teams. 

Orlando has a lot of assets don't get me wrong, but just because they have that doesn't mean they should spend a portion of it on Simons. In a scenario where Simons doesn't work out, they're stuck paying that dude 20+ mil a year and are forced to carve out a role for him.

Of course there is a chance it works. But even if it does are you taking them over NYK/BOS/IND/MIL/PHI/CLE to make it out of the East?

Sure you can also do nothing. Unlike the Mavs, who only had Luka and literally no other young talent, the Magic have Banchero, Wagner, Suggs, WCJ, Isaac, Anthony and a bunch of young players like Black, Houstan Howard etc. they can package or develop further

I don´t know whether they´ll be better than any of these teams, but they´d definitely be a lot more competitive with a 25 PPG guard that is on their timeline.

Suggs/Anthony
Simons/KCP
Wagner/Black
Isaac/WCJ
Banchero/Wagner

is a scary starting five and an elite bench.