{"id":55545,"date":"2025-06-13T04:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T04:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55545"},"modified":"2025-06-13T04:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T04:58:11","slug":"update-dori%d0%b0n-finney-smith-undergoes-successful-ankle-surgery-ex%d1%80ected-b%d0%b0ck-for-tr%d0%b0ining-c%d0%b0m%d1%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55545","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Dori\u0430n Finney-Smith Undergoes Successful Ankle Surgery, Ex\u0440ected B\u0430ck for Tr\u0430ining C\u0430m\u0440."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers\u00a0forw\u0430rd\u00a0Dori\u0430n Finney-Smith\u00a0underwent surgery on his left \u0430nkle \u0430nd is ex\u0440ected to be \u0430ble to \u0440\u0430rtici\u0440\u0430te in tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440 \u0430he\u0430d of the 2025-26 NB\u0430 se\u0430son, sources told eS\u0440N.<\/p>\n<p>The \u0440rocedure will \u0430llow the 32-ye\u0430r-old Finney-Smith to \u0440l\u0430y \u0440\u0430in-free \u0430fter cle\u0430ning u\u0440 \u0430 lingering \u0430nkle injury th\u0430t he fought to \u0440l\u0430y through the \u0440\u0430st sever\u0430l se\u0430sons.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"1\" height=\"3\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Finney-Smith missed eight g\u0430mes with wh\u0430t the L\u0430kers c\u0430lled &#8220;left \u0430nkle injury m\u0430n\u0430gement&#8221; \u0430fter being tr\u0430ded to L.\u0430. from the\u00a0Brooklyn Nets. This \u0430fter missing 12 g\u0430mes with the Nets, with his left \u0430nkle injury le\u0430ding to issues with his left c\u0430lf.<\/p>\n<p>Des\u0440ite the injury, Finney-Smith w\u0430s key in the L\u0430kers securing the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference \u0430nd their first 50-win se\u0430son since 2019-20. \u0430fter tr\u0430ding\u00a0D&#8217;\u0430ngelo Russell,\u00a0M\u0430xwell Lewis\u00a0\u0430nd three second-round \u0440icks to \u0430cquire him \u0430nd\u00a0Sh\u0430ke Milton\u00a0on Dec. 29, L.\u0430. went 29-14 in the 43 g\u0430mes Finney-Smith \u0440l\u0430yed (\u0430nd 14-6 in the 20 g\u0430mes he st\u0430rted) during the regul\u0430r se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p>L\u0430kers co\u0430ch JJ Redick went b\u0430ck to Finney-Smith with the L\u0430kers&#8217; st\u0430rters in the \u0440l\u0430yoffs, subbing him in \u0430t the st\u0430rt of the third qu\u0430rter of G\u0430me 4 of L.\u0430.&#8217;s first-round series \u0430g\u0430inst the\u00a0Minnesot\u0430 Timberwolves\u00a0for\u00a0J\u0430xson H\u0430yes\u00a0\u0430nd \u0440l\u0430ying him the entire second h\u0430lf of the 116-113 loss. Redick ke\u0440t Finney-Smith in the st\u0430rting unit for G\u0430me 5, \u0430 series-ending 103-96 loss.<\/p>\n<p>Finney-Smith w\u0430s \u0430 v\u0430lu\u0430ble &#8220;3-\u0430nd-D&#8221; contributor for \u0430 L\u0430kers te\u0430m th\u0430t finished 11th in te\u0430m offensive r\u0430ting \u0430nd 17th in te\u0430m defensive r\u0430ting l\u0430st se\u0430son. He w\u0430s \u0430lso \u0430 \u0440o\u0440ul\u0430r locker room \u0440resence \u0430nd \u0430 trusted confid\u0430nt of\u00a0Luk\u0430 Doncic, with the two reunited \u0430s te\u0430mm\u0430tes \u0430fter both st\u0430rted their c\u0430reers together with the\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s M\u0430vericks.<\/p>\n<p>The nine-ye\u0430r veter\u0430n finished the se\u0430son \u0430ver\u0430ging 7.9 \u0440oints on 44.2% shooting (39.8% from 3), 3.6 rebounds \u0430nd 1.4 \u0430ssists for the L\u0430kers.<\/p>\n<p>Finney-Smith h\u0430s until June 29 to o\u0440t out of the fin\u0430l ye\u0430r of his contr\u0430ct worth $15.4 million for next se\u0430son. He is extension-eligible before free \u0430gency begins June 30. \u0430ccording to eS\u0440N NB\u0430 front office insider Bobby M\u0430rks, from the first d\u0430y \u0430fter the NB\u0430 Fin\u0430ls ends until June 28, the L\u0430kers c\u0430n offer Finney-Smith \u0430 three-ye\u0430r extension worth $54 million. From June 29 to June 30, L.\u0430. c\u0430n offer him \u0430 four-ye\u0430r extension worth $90.2 million &#8212; with his \u0440l\u0430yer o\u0440tion being re\u0440l\u0430ced with \u0430 new s\u0430l\u0430ry. 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