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Georgetown scouting report: Dajuan Summers is ready to take the reins
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The Hoyas need Dajuan Summers now more
than ever
If the Georgetown Hoyas are going to compete in the Big East, Dajuan Summers is going to have to step up his game. Currently, Summers is the team's leading returning scorer, and possesses the potential to be a top tier scorer in the conference. He's quick, athletic, and possesses a solid jumpshot. But like many players who have a solid stroke, Summers has fallen for the idea of schooling his man with 3-point shots off the dribble and dramatic fadeaways that too often clang off the side of the rim.
Last season, Summers was content to play the spot-up shooting role in the Hoyas drive-and-kick offense. Over 40% of his shots came from hanging around the perimeter, and waiting for his teammates to take the ball inside before catching and shooting. That mindset was fine last year, with experienced guards, and big man Roy Hibbert available to collapse the defense. But with Summers returning as the veteran presence, he's going to have to take the ball to the basket far more than at any point in his career.
In terms of athleticism, the junior from Baltimore is capable of beating his man to the inside, but so far, Summers hasn't shown the necessary ball handling or passing ability to control a game offensively. Part of this deficiency could be explained by Summers' lack of ball handling experience. Last year, Jonathan Wallace and Jessie Sapp did most of the dribbling, but with Wallace out of the picture, Summers will get the chance to display a number of traits that were overshadowed by last year's senior class. Summers addressed some of these issues in an interview with Cara Maresca:
Defensively, Summers will no longer have Patrick Ewing Jr. and Roy Hibbert playing help defense behind him, but his strength will keep his man from posting him up. His lateral quickness isn't outstanding, but a summer of conditioning and watching game tape should be enough to make him into a very good defender. An example of Summers' defensive capabilities can be seen here:
But Dajuan Summers' success will ultimately depend on what he does with the ball in his hands. His teammates are talented, but they're young, so there will be several moments in this season where Georgetown's success rests exclusively on his shoulders.
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