If he waits a few drafts to pick this guy up it is very likely we will have already lost Hayward and maybe some others before it happens. The time to win is now. A ton was riding on Exum's development, and now we may have to wait a year to see that. Plus there is a high risk that this injury permanently hurts his ability to improve his greatest weakness (offensive aggression).
Hopefully somehow this injury is similar to Carroll's.
I agree and this is why I think DL should cash in some of his assets now and get an up and coming PG this year to try and make the playoffs and see how far they can go (if Exum is out for the year).
I just don't think Hayward, Favors, Gobert, etc, should be penalised this year for the injury. They should have a team good enough to compete, especially Favors and Hayward who are in their prime. Hayward only has 2 years left on his contract plus a player's option, so unless we make the playoffs soon he might be looking elsewhere after that.