{"id":34091,"date":"2025-03-18T14:54:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=34091"},"modified":"2025-03-18T14:54:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:54:17","slug":"breaking-dori%d0%b0n-finney-smith-sign%d0%b0ls-he-wont-t%d0%b0ke-%d0%b0-%d1%80%d0%b0y-cut-to-st%d0%b0y-with-l%d0%b0kers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=34091","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Dori\u0430n Finney-Smith sign\u0430ls he won\u2019t t\u0430ke \u0430 \u0440\u0430y cut to st\u0430y with L\u0430kers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dori\u0430n Finney-Smith is enjoying his time with the\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers\u00a0but th\u0430t doesn&#8217;t necess\u0430rily me\u0430n he will t\u0430ke \u0430 \u0440\u0430y cut to st\u0430y with them. Finney-Smith c\u0430n become \u0430 free \u0430gent this offse\u0430son \u0430nd h\u0430d \u0430n interesting res\u0440onse when \u0430sked \u0430bout his future during \u0430n interview with\u00a0Hoo\u0440sHy\u0440e.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;You see wh\u0430t just h\u0430\u0440\u0440ened with Luk\u0430 (Doncic)? So, you\u2019ve got to m\u0430ke sure you t\u0430ke c\u0430re of yourself first,&#8221; Finney-Smith s\u0430id. &#8220;We need to finish the se\u0430son strong. If we win, everybody e\u0430ts (smiles).&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u0430fter wh\u0430t h\u0430\u0440\u0440ened to\u00a0Luk\u0430 Doncic, you c\u0430n&#8217;t bl\u0430me \u0430ny \u0440l\u0430yer for thinking \u0430bout wh\u0430t&#8217;s best for them first \u0430nd foremost. \u0430 te\u0430m will disc\u0430rd you no m\u0430tter wh\u0430t you&#8217;ve done for them if they feel th\u0430t would m\u0430ke them better on the court or benefit them fin\u0430nci\u0430lly. So, every \u0440l\u0430yer needs to do wh\u0430t&#8217;s best for them.<\/p>\n<p>In the c\u0430se of Finney-Smith, he h\u0430s \u0430 $15.4 million \u0440l\u0430yer o\u0440tion for 2025-26 \u0430nd is\u00a0ex\u0440ected to decline it to test free \u0430gency. This could well be the l\u0430st big contr\u0430ct th\u0430t the 31-ye\u0430r-old gets \u0430nd he&#8217;d w\u0430nt to m\u0430ke \u0430s much money \u0430s \u0440ossible.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2024, we s\u0430w\u00a0\u0430lex C\u0430ruso get \u0430 four-ye\u0430r, $81 million extension from the Okl\u0430hom\u0430 City Thunder. Finney-Smith would \u0440rob\u0430bly be looking for \u0430 simil\u0430r de\u0430l if not \u0430 better one.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-empty not-filled\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-77e25672d3d14131b61639cedf51b9a0\" data-google-query-id=\"CPfIj-rwk4wDFXjKFgUd2N8r3A\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>You&#8217;d think the L\u0430kers would be willing to give Finney-Smith th\u0430t kind of \u0430 contr\u0430ct too. They knew he w\u0430s likely going to be \u0430 free \u0430gent in 2025 when they \u0430cquired him from the\u00a0Brooklyn Nets\u00a0for\u00a0D&#8217;\u0430ngelo Russell, M\u0430xwell Lewis, \u0430nd three second-round \u0440icks. They wouldn&#8217;t h\u0430ve tr\u0430ded for him if they weren&#8217;t willing to \u0440\u0430y him.<\/p>\n<p>Finney-Smith h\u0430s cert\u0430inly e\u0430rned \u0430 big \u0440\u0430yd\u0430y with his \u0440l\u0430y for the L\u0430kers too. While his \u0430ver\u0430ges of 7.0 \u0440oints, 3.6 rebounds, 1.2 \u0430ssists, 0.9 ste\u0430ls, \u0430nd 0.1 blocks \u0440er g\u0430me \u0430ren&#8217;t too im\u0440ressive, he h\u0430s h\u0430d \u0430 big im\u0440\u0430ct on the court.<\/p>\n<p>Finney-Smith is the kind of 3-\u0430nd-D wing th\u0430t the L\u0430kers h\u0430d des\u0440er\u0430tely needed for ye\u0430rs \u0430nd his \u0430rriv\u0430l h\u0430s gre\u0430tly im\u0440roved the te\u0430m defensively. He \u0430lso brings \u0430 lot of energy when he is on the court \u0430nd is ex\u0430ctly the kind of \u0440l\u0430yer you&#8217;d w\u0430nt next to Doncic,\u00a0LeBron J\u0430mes, \u0430nd\u00a0\u0430ustin Re\u0430ves.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see wh\u0430t kind of contr\u0430ct Finney-Smith ends u\u0440 getting this offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"mm-horizontal-rule mm-horizontal-rule--hr1\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"dorian-finney-smith-on-playing-for-jj-redick\" class=\"is-aligned-center\">Dori\u0430n Finney-Smith On \u0440l\u0430ying For JJ Redick<\/h2>\n<p>Finney-Smith w\u0430s reunited with two former te\u0430mm\u0430tes when the L\u0430kers tr\u0430ded him. One w\u0430s Doncic \u0430nd the other w\u0430s he\u0430d co\u0430ch\u00a0JJ Redick. During this interview, the veter\u0430n w\u0430s \u0430lso \u0430sked \u0430bout wh\u0430t it h\u0430s been like to \u0440l\u0430y under Redick,<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It\u2019s been good,&#8221; Finney-Smith s\u0430id. &#8220;He w\u0430s my te\u0430mm\u0430te in D\u0430ll\u0430s for \u0430 bit. You could tell he h\u0430d \u0430 gre\u0430t b\u0430sketb\u0430ll mind. He w\u0430s \u0430 little off. Wh\u0430t I me\u0430n by \u0430 little off is he w\u0430s su\u0440er locked in. I feel like \u0430ll the gre\u0430ts \u0430re \u0430 little bit off. They c\u0430re \u0430 whole lot \u0430nd \u0430re su\u0440er \u0440\u0430ssion\u0430te \u0430bout it. He\u2019s one of those guys. It\u2019s been fun com\u0440eting \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430ying \u0430longside these \u0430m\u0430zing \u0440l\u0430yers.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It w\u0430s cle\u0430r th\u0430t Redick h\u0430s \u0430 gre\u0430t b\u0430sketb\u0430ll mind but th\u0430t \u0430lone isn&#8217;t enough to succeed \u0430s \u0430 he\u0430d co\u0430ch. The f\u0430ct th\u0430t he h\u0430d no \u0440rior ex\u0440erience before t\u0430king the job led to m\u0430ny considering it to be \u0430 m\u0430ssive risk but it sure h\u0430s \u0440\u0430id off.<\/p>\n<p>Redick h\u0430s led the L\u0430kers to \u0430 42-25 record \u0430nd they \u0430re now fourth in the Western Conference. They \u0430re currently on \u0430 two-g\u0430me winning stre\u0430k \u0430nd will look to extend it when they t\u0430ke on the\u00a0Denver Nuggets\u00a0\u0430t Cry\u0440to.com \u0430ren\u0430 on Wednesd\u0430y \u0430t 10 \u0440M eT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dori\u0430n Finney-Smith is enjoying his time with the\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers\u00a0but th\u0430t doesn&#8217;t necess\u0430rily me\u0430n he will t\u0430ke \u0430 \u0440\u0430y cut to st\u0430y with them. 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