{{short description|American basketball player (born 1989)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Durrell Summer | image = Inbounds play Michigan State vs Florida (cropped).jpg | caption = | position = Shooting guard / small forward | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lb = 205 | league = BCL Americas | team = Paisas Basketball | number = 89 | nationality = American / Mexican<ref>{{cite web |title=Durrell Summers () - Basketball Stats, Height, Age |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/194843-durrell-summers |website=FIBA Basketball |access-date=March 14, 2025}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|4|2}} | birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | high_school = Redford Covenant Christian<br>(Detroit, Michigan) | college = Michigan State (2007–2011) | draft_year = 2011 | career_start = 2011 | career_end = | years1 = 2011–2012 | team1 = Maine Red Claws | years2 = 2012 | team2 = S.O.M. Boulonnais | years3 = 2012–2013 | team3 = Idaho Stampede | years4 = 2013 | team4 = Trotamundos de Carabobo | years5 = 2013 | team5 = Atomerőmű SE | years6 = 2013 | team6 = BC Körmend | years7 = 2013–2014 | team7 = Ironi Kiryat Ata | years8 = 2014–2015 | team8 = Reno Bighorns | years9 = 2015 | team9 = Westchester Knicks | years10 = 2015 | team10 = Rayos de Hermosillo | years11 = 2015–2016 | team11 = Club Deportio Valdivia | years12 = 2016 | team12 = Frayles de Guasave | years13 = 2016–2017 | team13 = Club Deportio Valdivia | years14 = 2017 | team14 = Olimpo | years15 = 2017 | team15 = Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca | years16 = 2017–2018 | team16 = Osorno Básquetbol | years17 = 2018 | team17 = Atlético Echagüe | years18 = 2018 | team18 = Kauhajoki Karhu Basket | years19 = 2019 | team19 = Eisbären Bremerhaven | years20 = 2019–2020 | team20 = CEB Puerto Montt | years21 = 2020 | team21 = Dorados de Chihuahua | years22 = 2021 | team22 = Universidad de Concepción | years23 = 2021 | team23 = Chihuahua Dorados | years24 = 2021 | team24 = Dorados de Chihuahua | years25 = 2021 | team25 = Centauros de Portuguesa | years26 = 2022 | team26 = Hebraica Macabi | years27 = 2022 | team27 = Mineros de Zacatecas | years28 = 2022–2023 | team28 = IHC Apes | years29 = 2023 | team29 = Dorados de Chihuahua | years30 = 2023–2024 | team30 = Umnugovi Yoluud | years31 = 2024 | team31 = Indomables de Ciudad Juárez | years32 = 2024 | team32 = Caballeros de Culiacán | years33 = 2024 | team33 = Brillantes del Zulia | years34 = 2024 | team34 = Broncos de Caracas | years35 = 2024 | team35 = Gladiadores de Anzoátegui | years36 = 2025 | team36 = Indomables de Ciudad Juárez | years37 = 2025–present | team37 = Paisas Basketball | highlights = * LNBP All-Star (2022) * LNBP East District MVP (2021) * Chilean League champion (2016) * Fourth-team ''Parade'' All-American (2007) }} '''Durrell La Faunce Summers''' (born April 2, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Paisas Basketball of the Basketball Champions League Americas. He played college basketball for Michigan State University.
==High school career== Summers attended Redford Covenant Christian High School and averaged 34.5 points, 16.5 rebounds and 4.0 steals per game as a senior. He led Redford Covenant to a 20–5 record and a spot in the Class D regional finals where they lost to Jackson Christian High School. In addition, Summers was the 2007 Detroit News All-State Dream Team selection and Associated Press Class D Player of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/summers_durrell00.html |title=15 Durrell Summers |access-date=March 24, 2011 |archive-date=February 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208191723/http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/summers_durrell00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==College career== Summers played four years with the Michigan State Spartans from 2007 to 2011. As a junior during the 2009–10 season, Summers averaged 11.3 points per game on 45.5% shooting from the field in 26.2 minutes per game. Durrell's college career high of 26 points happened in Columbus, Ohio on January 25, 2009, against the Ohio State Buckeyes. Durrell shot 8/13 from the field, with 4/4 free throws, and was 6/9 from three point range.
Summers postponed entering the NBA draft after his junior year and stayed with the Spartans for a senior year. Tom Izzo's returning class with Summers and Kalin Lucas in addition to the incoming freshman class, had high expectations for the 2010–11 season. The Spartans were ranked #2 in the AP basketball polls.<ref>[http://www.mlive.com/spartans/index.ssf/2010/10/msu_spartans_picked_no_2_in_pr.html Spartans picked No. 2 in preseason AP poll, behind defending national champion Duke]</ref> During Summer's senior season, he averaged 11.6 points per game while shooting 38.7% from the field in 29 minutes per game. Summers majored in sociology.
==Professional career== In November 2011, Summers was drafted in the second round of the NBA Development League draft by the Maine Red Claws. A month later, he was signed by the Charlotte Bobcats. He recorded two points and one rebound in 10 minutes in two preseason games but was subsequently waived before the start of the 2011–12 season. He then returned to Maine. In January 2012, he left Maine and signed with S.O.M. Boulonnais of France but left in February after three games.
On November 2, 2012, Summers was drafted in the fourth round of the NBA Development League draft by the Santa Cruz Warriors. Three days later, he was traded to the Idaho Stampede.
In May 2013, Summers joined Trotamundos de Carabobo of the Liga Profesional de Baloncesto.
On September 13, 2013, Summers signed with the Wollongong Hawks of the Australian NBL.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hawks.com.au/article/id/i9hm3usrwkei1mkf0sa1amo4d |title=Summertime comes to the Gong |access-date=September 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005011022/http://www.hawks.com.au/article/id/i9hm3usrwkei1mkf0sa1amo4d |archive-date=October 5, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, due to personal circumstances, on October 3, he was released by the Hawks.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hawks.com.au/article/id/cepwaq8l4k6q1msnymfqwmton |title=NRE Hawks release Durrell Summers |access-date=October 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004233406/http://www.hawks.com.au/article/id/cepwaq8l4k6q1msnymfqwmton |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Later that month, he joined Atomerőmű SE of Hungary.<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/hungary/106651/atomeromu-se-paks-signs-durrell-summers.html Atomeromu SE Paks signs Durrell Summers]</ref> After three games, he was released and in November 2013, joined BC Körmend. He was then released by Körmend after just one game. In December 2013, he signed with Ironi Kiryat Ata of Israel where he played six games before being released in February 2014.
On October 24, 2014, Summers' D-League rights were traded by the Idaho Stampede to the Reno Bighorns.<ref>[http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4887129 Bighorns Trade for Durrell Summers]</ref> He officially joined Reno on November 2, 2014.<ref>[http://www.nba.com/dleague/reno/bighorns_finalize_training_cam_2014_11_02.html BIGHORNS FINALIZE TRAINING CAMP ROSTER AFTER D-LEAGUE DRAFT] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106210413/http://www.nba.com/dleague/reno/bighorns_finalize_training_cam_2014_11_02.html |date=November 6, 2014 }}</ref> On February 5, 2015, he was waived by the Bighorns. On February 13, he was acquired by the Westchester Knicks.<ref>[http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4926879 Westchester Knicks Acquire Two]</ref> In April 2015, following the conclusion of the 2014–15 D-League season, he signed with Rayos de Hermosillo of Mexico for the rest of the 2015 CIBACOPA season.<ref>[http://www.latinbasket.com/Mexico/news/401650/Durrell-Summers-signs-at-Hermosillo Durrell Summers signs at Hermosillo]</ref>
On November 2, 2015, Summers was reacquired by Westchester,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=5066025|title=Westchester Knicks Finalize 2015-16 Training Camp Roster|work=OurSportsCentral.com|date=November 2, 2015|accessdate=November 3, 2015}}</ref> only to be waived by the team five days later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=5067935|title=Westchester Knicks Waive Four|work=OurSportsCentral.com|date=November 7, 2015|accessdate=November 7, 2015}}</ref> On November 14, he signed with Deportivo Valdivia of the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deportivovaldivia.cl/index.php/noticias/63-durrell-summers-se-integra-al-cdv|title=Durrell Summers se integra al CDV|work=DeportivoValdivia.cl|date=November 13, 2015|accessdate=November 15, 2015|language=Spanish|archive-date=November 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117023410/http://www.deportivovaldivia.cl/index.php/noticias/63-durrell-summers-se-integra-al-cdv|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.economiaynegocios.cl/noticias/noticias.asp?id=201120|title=Una semana más de espera para la LNB|work=EconomiaYNegocios.cl|date=November 14, 2015|accessdate=November 15, 2015|language=Spanish}}</ref> On May 21, 2016, he left Valdivia and signed with Frayles de Guasave of the CIBACOPA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latinbasket.com/Chile/basketball.aspx?NewsID=447370|title=Guasave lands Durrell Summers, ex CD Valdivia|work=LatinBasket.com|date=May 21, 2016|accessdate=May 22, 2016}}</ref> He later re-joined Valdivia for the 2016–17 season. In March 2017, he signed with Club Olimpo of the Torneo Nacional de Ascenso (second division of the Argentine basketball).<ref>[http://www.latinbasket.com/Argentina/news/484792/Olimpo-adds-Summers-to-their-roster,-ex-CD-Valdivia Olimpo adds Summers to their roster, ex CD Valdivia]</ref> On December 2, 2017, Summers scored a career-high 56 points to go along with 12 rebounds in a 96–97 loss to the Colegio Los Leones.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/boxScores/Chile/2017/1202_16316_7155.asp|title=Osorno Basquetbol 96 - Colegio Los Leones 97|publisher=EuroBasket|date=December 2, 2017|accessdate=June 30, 2020}}</ref>
For the 2019–20 season, Summers was acquired by the Hornets' NBA G League affiliate, the Greensboro Swarm.<ref>{{cite news |title= Greensboro Acquires Durrell Summers |url= https://greensboro.gleague.nba.com/news/greensboro-acquires-durrell-summers/ |accessdate=November 2, 2019 |work=NBA.com |date=October 26, 2019}}</ref> However, he never played for the team. Summers spent the 2019–20 season with CEB Puerto Montt of the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile. He averaged 30.8 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.0 steal per game. On October 2, 2020, Summers signed with Dorados de Chihuahua of the Mexican Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional.<ref>{{cite web |title=Durrell Summers (ex Puerto Montt) signs at Dorados |url=https://www.latinbasket.com/Mexico/news/646649/Durrell-Summers-(ex-Puerto-Montt)-signs-at-Dorados |website=Latinbasket |accessdate=October 3, 2020 |date=October 2, 2020}}</ref>
In May 2020, Summers signed with Team Detroit in The Basketball Tournament.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brewster |first1=Andre |title=Former MSU Basketball SG Durrell Summers signs with Team Detroit for The Basketball Tournament |url=https://spartanswire.usatoday.com/2020/05/15/former-msu-basketball-sg-durrell-summers-signs-with-team-detroit-for-the-basketball-tournament/ |accessdate=June 20, 2020 |work=Spartans Wire |date=May 15, 2020}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://msuspartans.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/durrell-summers/622 Michigan State Spartans bio] *{{Sports links}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Summers, Durrell}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:American expatriate basketball people Category:American men's basketball players Category:Atomerőmű SE players Category:Basketball players from Detroit Category:BC Körmend players Category:Dorados de Chihuahua (basketball) players Category:Eisbären Bremerhaven players Category:Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca basketball players Category:Frayles de Guasave players Category:Idaho Stampede players Category:Maine Red Claws players Category:Michigan State Spartans men's basketball players Category:Mineros de Zacatecas (basketball) players Category:Olimpo basketball players Category:Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) Category:Rayos de Hermosillo players Category:Reno Bighorns players Category:Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata F.C. players Category:Shooting guards Category:SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer players Category:Trotamundos de Carabobo players Category:Westchester Knicks players Category:CD Valdivia players Category:Osorno Básquetbol players Category:Atlético Echagüe players Category:Kauhajoen Karhu players Category:CEB Puerto Montt players Category:C.D. Universidad de Concepción basketball players Category:Centauros de Portuguesa players Category:Hebraica Macabi players Category:SG Apes players Category:Indomables de Ciudad Juárez players Category:Caballeros de Culiacán players Category:Brillantes del Zulia players Category:Broncos de Caracas players Category:Gladiadores de Anzoátegui players Category:Paisas Basketball players Category:Mexican men's basketball players