The team needs him to be more involved though

Summers is a very talented player and probably only behind Kalin Lucas as the teams best guard. He has not been that electrifying player he was when he had that huge dunk. Summers is averaging 10.3 points per game, 4.3 rebounds per game and less than one assist per gamestatistics which should be higher for a high-flying athlete on a national championship contender. Yes, Summers stats this season have been better than each of his first two seasons at Michigan State, as they very well should be. He is a junior and looked upon as a big-time player on the team. The team needs him to be more involved, though. He can become complacent at times and not take control of a situation offered to him, such as taking a defender one-on-one or taking an open shot. I dont want to say Summers is not keeping up his end of the bargain because theres a lot more room for improvement, but players like Lucas and Draymond Green have been carrying the team most games. Ok...Let's face the facts Kentucky Wildcats basketball is nothing without John Wall. Yes, I know we have Patterson and Cousins and Orton and Bledsoe.

But they almost lost the game against North Carolina when Wall wasn't in.John Wall is averaging 18.1 ppg,7 assists a game, 1 block per game, and 4 rebounds a game. Patterson and Cousins put together average 31 points per game Bledsoe and Dodson average 20 points per game put together All of the rest average 17 points put together So the whole team without Wall averages 68 points per game With Wall they average 76 points per game UK would have lost to Miami(OH) without Wall. But Wall is Superman, and he has saved the game! Without Wall, I believe that UK would be 7-3 and ranked 19th.NOTE: DeAndre Liggins has not played at all and still won't for a while. He is out for reasons unknown, but with him in we would still kick everyone's butt Go Wall-Cats!!!!!. Other free agent possibilities at first include Russell Branyan, Mark DeRosa and the recently non-tendered Garrett Atkins.Each and every one of these players could be the big bat the Giants are looking for to hit next to Sandoval in the lineup.However, when you look at the Giants roster, signing a second middle of the order bat will be difficult when you consider defensive positioning.After the Giants sign either one of the available first-basemen, the starting lineup won't have much flexibility.

But considering the Giants' defensive needs, it is a pretty safe bet that Schierhotlz will be the starting rightfielder on opening day.While free agents like DeRosa and Xavier Nady could add pop from either corner outfield spot, playing right field at AT&T Park is arguably the most difficult rightfield to play in all of baseball.With the famous triples alley and towering brick wall, it takes time to learn how to defend that rightfield spot and Schierholtz already knows the best ways to play it and his cannon of an arm is one of the best in baseball.Considering the Giants are led by their pitching staff, having the best defensive options on the field is a must and a natural rightfielder like Schierholtz is much preferred over the infielder/outfielder type of hitters.Now, although the Giants could sign a free agent to play leftfield, the duo of Eugenio Velez and Andres Torres need to patrol thelead-off spot every game.Since nobody wants to see Velez or Torres attempt to play rightfield, their only options are left or center.Unfortunately, Rowand has a lock down on centerfield and hence the only spot for the platoon of the two speedy outfielders is in left-field.While signing a free-agent leftfielder would add pop, it would essentially take away the speed at the top of the lineup. If that is the case, the Giants will have almost nobody in the starting lineup with base-stealing speed.Of course, the Giants organization could give their fans a Christmas present by re-signing Juan Uribe and start him at shortstop over Renteria.Almost every Giants fan would tell you they would prefer Uribe being the everyday shortstop instead of Renteria. However, since Renteria is due nine million this year, he will have to be in the starting lineup because Sabean and the rest of the Giants management aren't willing to admit when they made a mistake.If by some miracle the Giants took this course, they would have the two bats they claim to be looking for to sandwich around Sandoval in the lineup.Let's say they sign Nick Johnson to play first and Uribe to play short, then the potential middle of the lineup would become a crystal clear set-up. Johnson would hit third, Sandoval cleanup, and Uribe would hit fifth making for a very solid 3-4-5.But with the Giantsmanagement and ownership group incredibly stingy when it comes to spending money, signing Uribe to a startingshortstop contract when they are already paying Renteria is not something they will be willing to do.Therefore, if the Giants have their hearts set on finding two free agent hitters to sandwich Sandoval in the lineup, one of them is going to have to be a corner outfielder.And if they sign that corner outfielder then either the platoon of Velez/Torres will be without a starting spot or Schierholtz will have to ride the pine.If thelead-off duo of Velez and Torres aren't in the lineup then the Giants will have essentially zero team speed from top to bottom and will have no truelead-off hitter.

Without any speed on the field, it will decrease the chances at winning games because a stolen base at any point of a game can lead to a pivotal run. But without Velez or Torres starting, the Giants won't have that element to their lineup.And if Schierholtz isn't in the lineup due to a free agent acquisition then the Giants are essentially ruining the prospects of a player with enormous offensive potential and all-star defensive skills.As fans, we will have to wait and see how free agency shakes out but if the Giants add a corner outfielder to the starting lineup, then some fan favorites are going to be out of a lineup spot.Of course, if the Giants added Jason Bay or Matt Holliday to play corner outfield, I wouldn't complain.But the added pop from a DeRosa or Nady to play corner outfield wouldn't overcompensate for the speed of Velez/Torres, nor would it overcompensate for theimpeccable defense of Schierholtz.. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide (1) / 13-0 2 Texas Longhorns (2) / 13-0 3 TCU Horned Frogs (3) / 12-0 4 Florida Gators (4) / 12-1 5 Boise State Broncos (5) / 13-0 6 Cincinnati Bearcats (6) / 12-0 7 Ohio State Buckeyes (7) / 10-2 8 Oregon Ducks (8) / 10-2 9 Virginia Tech Hokies (9) / 9-3 10 Penn State Nittany Lions (10) / 10-2 11 Miami Hurricanes (11) / 9-3 12 Pittsburgh Panthers (12) / 9-3 13 BYU Cougars (14) / 10-2 14 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (13) / 11-2 15 Arizona Wildcats (15) / 8-4 16 Oregon State Beavers (16) / 8-4 17 Iowa Hawkeyes (17) / 10-2 18 Oklahoma Sooners (18) / 7-5 19 Mississippi Rebels (19) / 8-4 20 Central Michigan Chippewas (21) / 11-2 21 West Virginia Mountaineers (22) / 9-3 22 USC Trojans (20) / 8-4 23 Clemson Tigers (24) / 8-5 24 Nebraska Cornhuskers (23) / 9-4 25 Wisconsin Badgers (26) / 9-326 LSU (25)27 Utah (27)28 Stanford (28)29 Tennessee (29)30 Oklahoma State (30)31 Texas Tech (31)32 Auburn (32)33 North Carolina (33)34 Arkansas (34)35 California (36)36 South Carolina (35)37 Air Force (37)38 Georgia (39)39 Missouri (38)40 Connecticut (40)41 Navy (44)42 Boston College (41)43 Middle Tennessee State (42)44 Houston (45)45 East Carolina (43)46 Rutgers (46)47 South Florida (47)48 Southern Miss (48)49 Temple (49)50 Fresno State (50)51 Kentucky (52)52 Nevada (51)53 Arizona State (53)54 Northern Illinois (54)55 Northwestern (56)56 Notre Dame (55)57 Michigan State (58)58 UCLA (57)59 Troy (59)60 UCF (60)61 Texas A&M (61)62 Washington (62)63 Mississippi State (63)64 Florida State (64)65 Wake Forest (65)66 Kansas (66)67 Kansas State (67)68 North Carolina State (68)69 Buffalo (69)70 Louisiana Tech (70)71 Bowling Green (71)72 Purdue (72)73 Ohio (73)74 Idaho (74)75 Michigan (75)76 Duke (76)77 Louisiana-Monroe (78)78 Tulsa (77)79 Minnesota (79)80 Iowa State (80)81 Marshall (82)82 Virginia (84)83 Syracuse (83)84 SMU (85)85 Utah State (86)86 Army (81)87 UAB (88)88 Colorado (87)89 Baylor (89)90 Illinois (90)91 Louisville (91)92 Toledo (92)93 Hawaii (95)94 UTEP (93)95 Kent State (96)96 Vanderbilt (94)97 Arkansas State (97)98 Florida Atlantic (98)99 Indiana (99)100 UNLV (100)101 San Diego State (101)102 North Texas (102)103 Maryland (103)104 Colorado State (104)105 Western Michigan (105)106 Wyoming (106)107 Louisiana-Lafayette (107)108 Memphis (108)109 Akron (109)110 Miami-Ohio (110)111 Washington State (111)112 Ball State (112)113 San Jose State (113)114 Florida International (114)115 Tulane (115)116 New Mexico State (116)117 Eastern Michigan (117)118 Rice (118)119 New Mexico (119)120. Coming off a 4-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night and having fallen from fifth overall in the NHL to 28th place, the Philadelphia Flyers have gone from one of the most feared hockey clubs to the laughing stock of the NHL and it only took them about three weeks to do it.