Finney-Smith is earning an estimated $12.3 million this coming season, so the Lakers would have had to clear an additional $8.4 million to fit his contract in under the hard cap.

The team agreed to a two-year, $12 million deal with LaRavia in a move that was announced not long after Finney-Smith agreed to a four-year, $53 million contract with Houston.

Luka Dončić and LeBron James will aim to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to an NBA title in 2025-26, but one obvious misstep may ...

I think we’ve got a great team, and I think we can do something special,” Dorian Finney-Smith says of his choice to join the ...

Dorian Finney-Smith was teammates with Luka Doncic on the Dallas Mavericks from the 2018-19 season to midway through the 2022-23 season. On February 6, 2023, Finney-Smith was part of the trade ...

The Portsmouth native was traded from the Brooklyn Nets to the Los Angeles Lakers and played extensively in the 2025 NBA playoffs.