Plenty of fans assumed that Ben Simmons would never appear in another NBA game, despite being only 30 years old. Should the Lakers take a flier on Ben Simmons? If the Lakers want to take a chance on Ben Simmons, they should WAIT to do soOkay, now that I've mentioned some of the potential positives from a Simmons addition, let's run through the opposite end of the spectrum. Let him sign with another team this offseason and see if this is real, or if this is just more of the usual Ben Simmons. If Simmons is legitimately doing the things I described above that would help the Lakers, you could then go out and try to trade for him at the deadline.