Nobody understating Embiid's impact?
That is what you just said, you were trying to downplay his impact. You remove Embiid from that team and they are a lottery squad, period. Right now, he is the biggest reason they are a playoff team, that will change in the future as Simmons, Fultz and Saric develop but JoJo is the reason they are where they are today.
I have said good things about Simmons defense, but the lack of a jumper keeps me from really enjoying his game and that Bucks game was a perfect example of it. You talking about his 14ast game vs the Bucks, yet Giannis ate his lunch, and the fact he can't shoot killed their spacing with constant doubles and shading on Embiid.