He and Vlade on the same team was comedy because they were both very well-rounded, skilled and imaginative players that would take out-of-nowhere risks. They were not woefully inconsistent like Elden Campbell, rather they just had these impulses they couldn't seem to deny. Van Exel's were kind of cool and smooth (but turnovers just the same), Vlade's were more ridiculous and funny (30 foot behind the back pass, long trey for no apparent reason, etc).

Van Exel had a nice handle, changed speeds well, had a nasty stepback, played well in pick n rolls and had that Gary Payton style postgame where he would drive and then suddenly he had your ass on the box with good position. Very attentive to detail.