“I feel like Ed has taken a step back this year, but I guess the numbers don't bear that out.” Joel said this in this week’s Sunday Conversation, and it led to a bit of lively discussion on Xavier’s lively point guard. Sumner undoubtedly started the season slowly, but it seems as if he still hasn’t quite gotten back to being the live wire that he was last year. Is that perception reality or is the stuttering start still just clouding the air? As always, a dive into the numbers behind the criticisms is the only way to know
Ed is shooting the ball worse:
There is no doubt that, from behind the arc, Sumner is shooting worse now than he did last season.