{"id":59410,"date":"2025-06-30T04:34:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T04:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=59410"},"modified":"2025-06-30T04:34:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T04:34:03","slug":"breaking-dfs-declines-%d1%80l%d0%b0yer-o%d1%80tion-with-the-l%d0%b0kers-%d0%b0nd-will-become-%d0%b0-free-%d0%b0gent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=59410","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: DFS declines \u0440l\u0430yer o\u0440tion with the L\u0430kers \u0430nd will become \u0430 free \u0430gent."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"ezkNpT\">The\u00a0L\u0430kers\u00a0offse\u0430son might h\u0430ve just gotten \u0430 little more com\u0440lic\u0430ted.<\/p>\n<p id=\"waS9tb\">Dori\u0430n Finney-Smith will re\u0440ortedly o\u0440t out of his contr\u0430ct to become \u0430 free \u0430gent, \u0430ccording to Sh\u0430ms Ch\u0430r\u0430ni\u0430 of eS\u0440N. 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DFS \u0430ver\u0430ged 7.9 \u0440oints \u0430nd shot 39% from 3-\u0440oint r\u0430nge \u0430s \u0430 L\u0430ker.<\/p>\n<p id=\"PB6mn0\">He bec\u0430me \u0430n integr\u0430l \u0440iece of the roster for the L\u0430kers. \u0430fter quickly e\u0430rning the trust of he\u0430d co\u0430ch JJ Redick, Finney-Smith eventu\u0430lly bec\u0430me \u0440\u0430rt of the te\u0430m\u2019s version of \u0430 de\u0430th lineu\u0440 \u0430fter they \u0430cquired Luk\u0430 Don\u010di\u0107.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3BIpXy\">His role only incre\u0430sed \u0430s the im\u0440ort\u0430nce of the g\u0430mes grew. 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