His jumping ability is excellent, with quick bounce speed, strong hang-time in the air, and impressive ability to catch and shoot from the outside.
With his left hand, when he's accurate, you can't stop him; when he's off, there's no limit to the misses.
In one-on-one offense, Van Exel can boast that there's no point guard in the league who dares to say they can guard him one-on-one.
Including Gary Payton, who won Defensive Player of the Year in the 1995-1996 season.
Van Exel can score 40 points over Payton's head.
Gan Guoyang, utilizing his excellent ball distribution skills, creates opportunities for Van Exel to go one-on-one and directly attack the basket.
The NBC commentary was almost constantly "Gump to Van Exel!" for nearly five minutes.
When the Grizzlies realized they needed to guard Van Exel, Gan Guoyang used two three-pointers from the top of the arc to tell them that he's even scarier when attacking.
