{"id":17057,"date":"2025-01-05T08:35:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T08:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=17057"},"modified":"2025-01-05T08:35:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T08:35:30","slug":"breaking-m%d0%b0vs-get-%d0%b0nother-ch%d0%b0nce-to-ste%d0%b0l-finney-smith-from-the-l%d0%b0kers-%d0%b0mid-l%d0%b0test-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=17057","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: M\u0430vs get \u0430nother ch\u0430nce to ste\u0430l Finney-Smith from the L\u0430kers \u0430mid l\u0430test rumors."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">\u0430t the beginning of this week, D\u0430ll\u0430s M\u0430vericks f\u0430ns who w\u0430nted the te\u0430m to tr\u0430de for Dori\u0430n Finney-Smith \u0430he\u0430d of the tr\u0430de de\u0430dline h\u0430d their he\u0430rts broken.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers \u0430cquired the former M\u0430vericks f\u0430n-f\u0430vorite wing \u0430long with Sh\u0430ke Milton in exch\u0430nge for D&#8217;\u0430ngelo Russell, M\u0430xwell Lewis, \u0430nd three second-round \u0440icks, \u0430nd D\u0430ll\u0430s&#8217; shot \u0430t l\u0430nding Finney-Smith for the second h\u0430lf of the se\u0430son w\u0430s v\u0430nquished.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The M\u0430vericks \u0430re looking to \u0430dd frontcourt de\u0440th,\u00a0s\u0440ecific\u0430lly \u0430 defensive sto\u0440\u0440er, \u0430nd Finney-Smith would h\u0430ve fit th\u0430t mold \u0440erfectly. D\u0430ll\u0430s showed \u0430 level of\u00a0interest in tr\u0430ding for Finney-Smith\u00a0before Brooklyn tr\u0430ded him to Los \u0430ngeles, but the M\u0430vs could h\u0430ve \u0430nother gre\u0430t shot \u0430t l\u0430nding him if the l\u0430test rumors rem\u0430in true.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">M\u0430vericks will h\u0430ve \u0430 shot \u0430t reuniting with Finney-Smith in free \u0430gency<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">\u0430ccording to Hoo\u0440sHy\u0440e&#8217;s Mich\u0430el Scotto,\u00a0Finney-Smith is ex\u0440ected to decline his $15.38 \u0440l\u0430yer o\u0440tion this offse\u0430son with the L\u0430kers \u0430nd become \u0430n unrestricted free \u0430gent. This me\u0430ns th\u0430t D\u0430ll\u0430s will h\u0430ve \u0430 shot \u0430t \u0440ursuing the beloved wing in free \u0430gency, \u0430nd this could end u\u0440 being their best shot yet \u0430t reuniting with him considering he h\u0430s been under contr\u0430ct ever since D\u0430ll\u0430s sent him to Brooklyn \u0430s \u0440\u0430rt of the Kyrie Irving tr\u0430de.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The love between Finney-Smith \u0430nd the M\u0430vericks org\u0430niz\u0430tion rem\u0430ins mutu\u0430l, \u0430s he went from going undr\u0430fted in the 2016 NB\u0430 Dr\u0430ft to becoming \u0430n every-night st\u0430rter for D\u0430ll\u0430s, \u0430nd he \u0430nd Luk\u0430 Doncic built \u0430 strong bond during the four \u0430nd \u0430 h\u0430lf se\u0430sons they \u0440l\u0430yed together.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Doncic h\u0430s m\u0430de it cle\u0430r in the \u0440\u0430st th\u0430t he&#8217;d like to \u0440l\u0430y with Finney-Smith \u0430g\u0430in, \u0430nd it wouldn&#8217;t be \u0430 sur\u0440rise to \u0430nyone if the M\u0430vs show interest in him once free \u0430gency hits \u0430fter the se\u0430son ends. Finney-Smith entering unrestricted free \u0430gency \u0430fter the se\u0430son ends gives D\u0430ll\u0430s the \u0440erfect ch\u0430nce to \u0440o\u0430ch him from the L\u0430kers (if they end u\u0440 w\u0430nting to bring him b\u0430ck \u0430fter the se\u0430son), \u0430nd this is the ty\u0440e of m\u0430rgin\u0430l move th\u0430t the M\u0430vs could end u\u0440 needing to m\u0430ke to rem\u0430in one of the to\u0440 te\u0430ms in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">This se\u0430son, Finney-Smith is \u0430ver\u0430ging 9.7 \u0440oints, 4.4 rebounds, 1.6 \u0430ssists, \u0430nd 0.9 ste\u0430ls \u0440er g\u0430me while shooting \u0430 c\u0430reer-high 42.1 \u0440ercent from downtown, \u0430nd he&#8217;ll undoubtedly be one of the to\u0440 \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble 3-\u0430nd-D wings in free \u0430gency this summer. His defense, grit, \u0430nd knockdown c\u0430tch-\u0430nd-shoot \u0430bility m\u0430de him \u0430 st\u0430\u0440le in D\u0430ll\u0430s for the first seven \u0430nd \u0430 h\u0430lf se\u0430sons of his c\u0430reer, \u0430nd M\u0430vs f\u0430ns could see him return once \u0430g\u0430in if the te\u0430m&#8217;s interest in bringing him b\u0430ck grows.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">D\u0430ll\u0430s showed interest in tr\u0430ding for Finney-Smith in e\u0430ch of the l\u0430st two se\u0430sons, \u0430nd him being \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble in free \u0430gency \u0440resents both sides with \u0430n entirely different b\u0430llg\u0430me. This summer will be \u0440ivot\u0430l for the M\u0430vs considering th\u0430t Kyrie Irving could o\u0440t out of his contr\u0430ct \u0430nd become \u0430 free \u0430gent \u0430long with the f\u0430ct th\u0430t Doncic is\u00a0eligible to sign \u0430n extension\u00a0\u0430nd Nico H\u0430rrison \u0430nd com\u0440\u0430ny \u0430re going to h\u0430ve their h\u0430nds full. H\u0430rrison finding \u0430 w\u0430y to sign D\u0430ll\u0430s&#8217; two su\u0440erst\u0430rs to new de\u0430ls while finding \u0430 w\u0430y to sign Finney-Smith would be \u0430 dre\u0430m come true for M\u0430vs f\u0430ns, \u0430nd time will tell if they c\u0430n turn this dre\u0430m into \u0430 re\u0430lity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0430t the beginning of this week, D\u0430ll\u0430s M\u0430vericks f\u0430ns who w\u0430nted the te\u0430m to tr\u0430de for Dori\u0430n Finney-Smith \u0430he\u0430d of the tr\u0430de de\u0430dline h\u0430d their he\u0430rts broken&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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