Exum will likely go down as the Andrei Kirilenko of this decade. Except Kirilenko had a few good years, an all star selection, and a number of unique statistical things under his belt that’s keeping people arguing how mismanaged he was. Die hard Dante fans may have 4 minutes of playoff time guarding Harden and a summer league to hang their arguments on.
In 10 years, vicious arguments will break out regarding Exum, and a contingent of JFC will argue how much potential he really had and how Quin mismanaged him. The other side will argue that there was nothing to base that on. More moderate posters, who also know better, will point to small sample sizes of defense to extrapolate into defensive stopper.