It'll be a big deal because the new/current generation of fans don't necessarily remember 10 years ago, and older generations like to gloss over the short comings of players in their own era. So Russ would be remembered fondly. The perception would be "a winner who wore his emotion on his sleeve". "Sabo" would fade from the history books.
Now obviously, Russ was also part of that 2010s decade where we had about 6-7 elite players (LeBron, Steph, KD, Kawhi, Harden, Russ, CP3) that had a chance of becoming either top 5 at their position all-time and/or somewhere in the top 15-20 in all-time rankings. The first 3 passed the test, the latter 3 failed (couldn't get it done as the guy or co-guy), and the middle one (Kawhi)... well, his shyt is complicated. The ship has sailed for that with Russ.