"In what has been a dismal season for the Hornets, DaJuan Summers has been one of few bright spots.

A 6-foot-8 swingman, Summers has taken advantage of his playing time and has shown Coach Monty Williams enough to move into a more significant role, starting the past two games at shooting guard.

Cracking the starting lineup is something Summers wasn't able to do in his previous two seasons with the Detroit Pistons.

Tonight, when the Hornets play the Pistons at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Summers will be eager to show his former team what it's missing, after Detroit let him walk away as a free agent during the offseason.

"It was a tough situation there because we were loaded at the two, three and four spots,'' said Summers, who played at Georgetown and was a second-round pick of the Pistons in 2009. "They brought in Jonas Jerebko and Austin Daye in the same draft with me, and Tayshaun Prince has been there for his whole career. I never got a chance to get into the rotation.'' "