{"id":114314,"date":"2024-12-27T14:47:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T19:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=114314"},"modified":"2024-12-27T14:48:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T19:48:03","slug":"nets-dorian-finney-smith-adding-trade-suitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/12\/27\/nets-dorian-finney-smith-adding-trade-suitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets Veteran Is Adding Trade Suitors Like Infinity Stones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brooklyn Nets forward Dorian Finney-Smith<\/a> is among the hottest names on the trade market ahead of the Feb. 6 trade deadline. An elite on-ball defender, the 31-year-old is shooting a career-high 45.2 percent from three this season. Though Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez has his team in position for a Play-In Tournament berth, Finney-Smith\u2019s two-way ability is considered to be wasted in Brooklyn, as they\u2019re embarking on a rebuild.<\/p>\n

Now, Finney-Smith has been adding trade suitors like Infinity Stones.<\/p>\n

Nets\u2019 Dorian Finney-Smith Adding Trade Suitors Like Infinity Stones<\/h2>\n

The Memphis Grizzlies have been described to me as \u201ca team to watch<\/a> in the trade chase\u201d for Finney-Smith, reports The Stein Line eponymous Marc Stein. The Nets, league sources say, \u201care likewise interested in\u201d Grizzlies wing John Konchar<\/a>. Despite his modest production and utilization, Konchar \u201chas also attracted interest from\u201d the Orlando Magic and Miami Heat.<\/p>\n

However, the Grizzlies could have stiff competition from several other teams.<\/p>\n

Last week, The Athletic\u2019s Sam Amick and Anthony Slater listed the Sacramento Kings as a suitor<\/a> for Finney-Smith. When the Golden State Warriors\u2019 traded for Dennis Schroder<\/a>, they had also considered a larger deal<\/a> involving Finney-Smith or Cam Johnson<\/a>. Last month, Gery Woelfel of Woelfel\u2019s Press Box reported that the Milwaukee Bucks were interested in<\/a> Finney-Smith. During the offseason, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Philadelphia 76ers were rumored to have their eyes on<\/a> the defensive-minded veteran.<\/p>\n

That being said, though the Nets may be willing to accept a player of Konchar\u2019s caliber in a trade for Finney-Smith, plenty of franchises could drive a harder bargain. In fact, four of the aforementioned teams \u2014the Kings, Warriors, Bucks, and 76ers \u2014are either in desperation or panic mode. Defense has been a bit of an issue for each of them but their frontcourt rotation has been even more problematic.<\/p>\n

How Much Do Grizzlies Want Him?<\/h3>\n

Memphis will likely need to come with a better offer than what Stein is suggesting. Fortunately for them, whether that requires them to surrender draft capital or send over one of their younger talents, they have the necessary assets. It all comes down to how much they really want him.<\/p>\n

He could thrive within the Grizzlies\u2019 system, which emphasizes pace, ball-movement and three-point shooting. Though Memphis has multiple high-quality perimeter defenders, it certainly doesn\u2019t hurt to have another one. Additionally, the Grizzlies\u2019 injury history suggests that they need to have strength in numbers.<\/p>\n

The biggest question is whether Finney-Smith will re-sign once his contract expires<\/a>, be it this offseason or next. However, his competitive personality seems to fit Memphis\u2019s colorful locker room. If his on-court transition goes smoothly on the court, both sides could be eager to renew their partnership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brooklyn Nets forward Dorian Finney-Smith is among the hottest names on the trade market ahead of the Feb. 6 trade deadline. An elite on-ball defender, the 31-year-old is shooting a career-high 45.2 percent from three this season. Though Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez has his team in position for a Play-In Tournament berth, Finney-Smith\u2019s two-way […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":114327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1608,9,25,32,15,62,3,13,29,4721],"tags":[2272,3565,4774],"class_list":["post-114314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nets","category-basketball","category-cavaliers","category-warriors","category-grizzlies","category-bucks","category-nba","category-news","category-76ers","category-kings","category-trade-rumors","tag-dorian-finney-smith","tag-john-konchar","tag-rumors"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114314"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114329,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114314\/revisions\/114329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}