Mavericks, Heat, 76ers, Grizzlies interested in Dorian Finney-Smith trade?
NBA executives across the league are also monitoring Brooklyn’s wings, including Dorian Finney-Smith and Royce O’Neale. Finney-Smith has previously drawn interest from several playoff-caliber teams, including the Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat, Philadelphia 76ers, and Memphis Grizzlies (before several injuries changed their trajectory this season), among other teams, league sources told HoopsHype.
Source: Michael Scotto @ HoopsHype
Source: Michael Scotto @ HoopsHype
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Dorian Finney-Smith gets the nod as a smallball stretch five with starting center Nic Claxton out. #Nets #Bulls – 7:02 PM
Dorian Finney-Smith gets the nod as a smallball stretch five with starting center Nic Claxton out. #Nets #Bulls – 7:02 PM
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For the fourth year, NBA Star and Portsmouth native Dorian Finney-Smith hosted a turkey drive to give back to his hometown. Finney-Smith and The Finney Family First Foundation provided local families with turkeys and Thanksgiving groceries. On Saturday, Nov. 18, they served 150 families in the Portsmouth, VA area during the turkey drive at Manor High School. -via WAVY / November 21, 2023
“There’s one ball, but there’s four other players on the court. Same way my teammates trusted me, I’ve got to trust in them as well. So there’s times where I was coming off screens and [Ivica Zubac] was in a drop. You had Royce [O’Neale] top of the key 3, also I gave [Dorian Finney-Smith] a top of the key or right side corner 3. … So me coming off that screen, I saw him, he was open. Just making the right reads and keeping the game as simple as I can.” -via New York Post / November 11, 2023
The shot was so ridiculous that several Mavericks cracked up and shook their heads throughout the ensuing timeout called by the Nets. “I’ve seen it a million times,” said Finney-Smith, who played the first 6 ½ seasons of his career in Dallas before being traded to Brooklyn in the Kyrie Irving deal in February. “He plays around and he honestly works on those shots. You can’t really fault him. I feel like we should have not let him get the ball back. That probably would have been the best option. S—, he couldn’t even see the rim and he made that mug.” -via ESPN / October 28, 2023