Come watch DaJuan Summers!

[mdechello]

I am an account executive for the Westchester Knicks. We recently signed your own DaJuan Summers and I would love to get the opportunity to get some of you Hoya fans to the Westchester County Center to some games. We offer many different plans and also do group sales! Tickets start as low as $10 per game! Please give me a call. 914-559-6862 or email me at [e-mail]. Season opener is this Thursday!! Thank You!

[hoyalove4ever]

Good luck to DaJuan; I hope he makes it back to the NBA.

[lichoya68]

good luck to him always a hoya

[McBricks]

I hope some of you New Yorkers take advantage of this opportunity. I'd be incredibly fired up to see some real Knicks basketball! (Yes, I'm a Warriors fan...)

[DanMcQ]

[johnnysnowplow]

I didn't even enjoy watching Dajuan play when he was a Hoya, much less a D-Leaguer

[beenaround]

Not my favorite Hoya by any stretch...but do not get, or approve of the almost universal negativity about him..not aimed at you specifically, Johnnysnow. He was an exciting, talented guy, who never fully developed his game beyond dunks and threes. Supposedly he stopped playing for the Hoyas and was focused on being a pro his last year. Not sure anyone KNOWS that for sure. But if so, can't hate him for it. Just my two cents.

[prhoya]

Nov 9, 2015 23:15:38 GMT -5 beenaround said:

Supposedly he stopped playing for the Hoyas and was focused on being a pro his last year. Not sure anyone KNOWS that for sure.

JT3 said so. Before the start of his junior year, DS informed JT3 that he was going pro after that season.

[johnnysnowplow]

Nov 9, 2015 23:15:38 GMT -5 beenaround said:

Not my favorite Hoya by any stretch...but do not get, or approve of the almost universal negativity about him..not aimed at you specifically, Johnnysnow. He was an exciting, talented guy, who never fully developed his game beyond dunks and threes. Supposedly he stopped playing for the Hoyas and was focused on being a pro his last year. Not sure anyone KNOWS that for sure. But if so, can't hate him for it. Just my two cents.

It's not that hard to understand why a lot of people didn't/don't like him. I mean, you basically just stated the main reasons in your post. Those are absolutely good reasons to dislike him.

[seaweed]

Nov 9, 2015 23:15:38 GMT -5 beenaround said:

He was an exciting, talented guy, who never fully developed his game beyond dunks and threes.

Who says he properly developed his dunks? I seem to recall some fairly recalcitrant rims smacking DaJuan back more than one would hope for.

That said, I live nearby and will be calling Michael. Thanks for the heads up.

[Cambridge]

Summers was a key piece in the win over UNC. I'll always remember him fondly because of that.

[TBird41]

Nov 10, 2015 9:42:29 GMT -5 Cambridge said:

Summers was a key piece in the win over UNC. I'll always remember him fondly because of that.

The dunk over Hansborough is one of my favorite plays of all time, especially when you combine it with Hansborough's broken, shell shocked performance at the post-game press conference

[arlingtonhoya05]

A very talented player and an important piece of the final 4 team. Why is it such a big deal that he told JT before the season? No one on this board is/ was in his shoes.

[mdechello]

Summers looked really good last night. Also, some really high caliber players on our team. Travis Trice from Michigan St., Wesley Saunders from Harvard, Darion Atkins from University of Virginia, etc. Please give me a call at 914-559-6862 or email at [e-mail].

[hoyainspirit]

Summers fan, despite his lack of rebounding in his final year.

[bmartin]

I'll just copy and paste some of my defense of Summers from four years ago when you jackasses dumped on him. He played hard and well his junior year, had a rough stretch with an injury, but showed up for every big game. He wasn't another Jeff Green or an Otto Porter, but he doesn't deserve the crap he gets on HoyaTalk. He was not one of the bad chemistry teammates on the 08-09 team.

The thing about him shooting mostly threes his last year is demonstrably false. As a sophomore he shot slightly more 3's than 2's, but as a junior he was 85/155 on 2's (55.2%), 55/135 on 3's (38.5%), and he drove and got to the foul line much more than in his first two years (97/136 ft as jr vs. 70/99 as soph). He had an effective fg% of 56.4% as a junior. Also, he showed up and had his best games against big-time teams. He did not run up his stats against Mount St. Mary's or American like some of his teammates. His junior year he scored 17 vs. Tennessee, 21 (& 7) vs. Memphis, 18 vs. UConn, 22 vs. Pitt, 21 vs. Syracuse, 21 (& 7) vs. Duke, 22 (& 7) vs. Marquette, 17 (& 8) at Syracuse, 16 vs. Villanova, 19 vs. Baylor.

Yes, his rebounding declined playing without Hibbert, Macklin, and Ewing. Summers was never going to be a great rebounder in traffic, but when he played with bigs who blocked out in 2008, he got a lot of defensive rebounds. His rebounding numbers dropped as a junior, but the whole team was a much worse rebounding team than in 2008.

[beenaround]

Nov 10, 2015 22:35:10 GMT -5 bmartin said:

I'll just copy and paste some of my defense of Summers from four years ago when you jackasses dumped on him. He played hard and well his junior year, had a rough stretch with an injury, but showed up for every big game. He wasn't another Jeff Green or an Otto Porter, but he doesn't deserve the crap he gets on HoyaTalk. He was not one of the bad chemistry teammates on the 08-09 team.

The thing about him shooting mostly threes his last year is demonstrably false. As a sophomore he shot slightly more 3's than 2's, but as a junior he was 85/155 on 2's (55.2%), 55/135 on 3's (38.5%), and he drove and got to the foul line much more than in his first two years (97/136 ft as jr vs. 70/99 as soph). He had an effective fg% of 56.4% as a junior. Also, he showed up and had his best games against big-time teams. He did not run up his stats against Mount St. Mary's or American like some of his teammates. His junior year he scored 17 vs. Tennessee, 21 (& 7) vs. Memphis, 18 vs. UConn, 22 vs. Pitt, 21 vs. Syracuse, 21 (& 7) vs. Duke, 22 (& 7) vs. Marquette, 17 (& 8) at Syracuse, 16 vs. Villanova, 19 vs. Baylor.

Yes, his rebounding declined playing without Hibbert, Macklin, and Ewing. Summers was never going to be a great rebounder in traffic, but when he played with bigs who blocked out in 2008, he got a lot of defensive rebounds. His rebounding numbers dropped as a junior, but the whole team was a much worse rebounding team than in 2008.

You said it much better than I did. I'm with you all the way.

[prhoya]

Nov 10, 2015 22:35:10 GMT -5 bmartin said:

I'll just copy and paste some of my defense of Summers from four years ago when you jackasses dumped on him. He played hard and well his junior year, had a rough stretch with an injury, but showed up for every big game. He wasn't another Jeff Green or an Otto Porter, but he doesn't deserve the crap he gets on HoyaTalk. He was not one of the bad chemistry teammates on the 08-09 team.

The thing about him shooting mostly threes his last year is demonstrably false. As a sophomore he shot slightly more 3's than 2's, but as a junior he was 85/155 on 2's (55.2%), 55/135 on 3's (38.5%), and he drove and got to the foul line much more than in his first two years (97/136 ft as jr vs. 70/99 as soph). He had an effective fg% of 56.4% as a junior. Also, he showed up and had his best games against big-time teams. He did not run up his stats against Mount St. Mary's or American like some of his teammates. His junior year he scored 17 vs. Tennessee, 21 (& 7) vs. Memphis, 18 vs. UConn, 22 vs. Pitt, 21 vs. Syracuse, 21 (& 7) vs. Duke, 22 (& 7) vs. Marquette, 17 (& 8) at Syracuse, 16 vs. Villanova, 19 vs. Baylor.

Yes, his rebounding declined playing without Hibbert, Macklin, and Ewing. Summers was never going to be a great rebounder in traffic, but when he played with bigs who blocked out in 2008, he got a lot of defensive rebounds. His rebounding numbers dropped as a junior, but the whole team was a much worse rebounding team than in 2008.

Wasn't he benched by JT3 during his junior year?

[bmartin]

Nov 10, 2015 23:13:44 GMT -5 prhoya said:

Nov 10, 2015 22:35:10 GMT -5 bmartin said:

I'll just copy and paste some of my defense of Summers from four years ago when you jackasses dumped on him. He played hard and well his junior year, had a rough stretch with an injury, but showed up for every big game. He wasn't another Jeff Green or an Otto Porter, but he doesn't deserve the crap he gets on HoyaTalk. He was not one of the bad chemistry teammates on the 08-09 team.

The thing about him shooting mostly threes his last year is demonstrably false. As a sophomore he shot slightly more 3's than 2's, but as a junior he was 85/155 on 2's (55.2%), 55/135 on 3's (38.5%), and he drove and got to the foul line much more than in his first two years (97/136 ft as jr vs. 70/99 as soph). He had an effective fg% of 56.4% as a junior. Also, he showed up and had his best games against big-time teams. He did not run up his stats against Mount St. Mary's or American like some of his teammates. His junior year he scored 17 vs. Tennessee, 21 (& 7) vs. Memphis, 18 vs. UConn, 22 vs. Pitt, 21 vs. Syracuse, 21 (& 7) vs. Duke, 22 (& 7) vs. Marquette, 17 (& 8) at Syracuse, 16 vs. Villanova, 19 vs. Baylor.

Yes, his rebounding declined playing without Hibbert, Macklin, and Ewing. Summers was never going to be a great rebounder in traffic, but when he played with bigs who blocked out in 2008, he got a lot of defensive rebounds. His rebounding numbers dropped as a junior, but the whole team was a much worse rebounding team than in 2008.

Wasn't he benched by JT3 during his junior year?

No.

[prhoya]

Nov 10, 2015 23:53:34 GMT -5 bmartin said:

Nov 10, 2015 23:13:44 GMT -5 prhoya said:

Wasn't he benched by JT3 during his junior year?

No.

Yes, he was.