Ah, then let me clarify.
Larry Hodges's reasoning was that it is difficult to make a good quality return.
And then you stated that professionals players probably are good enough to handle the many possible options and can do whatever they want anyways. That implies that professionals players would rather simply give a difficult ball to the opponent rather than try limiting their options.
And then I said that, players can just train to learn to deal with the difficult ball.
Yes.
Players at a very high level are well accustomed to dealing with all kinds of spin. However no-spin is a very strong tactical tool because it can help you gain your own initiative, or hit a winner directly if you play enough mind games.
If you serve heavy backspin, very high level players have very good answers to it. If you serve heavy topspin, very high level players have very good answers to it.
However, no-spin can't really get any more "no-spinnier" and it has a set of clear restrictions placed on the receiver. If I've understood correctly, you cannot "borrow" power and spin from a no-spin ball.
Because you cannot limit very good players' options just by serving a heavy spin to them, you limit what they can do with what they're given. If there's not much to grab on, there's not much they can grab hold of.
Now, of course, it's not so simple as "Serve no-spin and win!" because as you said, while there's heavy restrictions on how much spin you can apply or how you can redirect the ball's energy, you can do a lot of things with no-spin because there is no spin to counter. If you just serve predictable no-spin, it will get attacked pretty hard, won't it?
And that's where all the mind games and whatnot comes in.
Now, of course, what the hell do I know about high level play? So understand where I'm coming from. This is just the theory I know: maybe you have different experiences.