Dorian Finney-Smith

Dorian Finney-Smith is one of those players I have a ton of respect for precisely because he built his career the hard way — undrafted out of Florida in 2016, the guy had to earn every single minute. He became a cornerstone of those Dallas Mavericks squads, the kind of rugged, switchable defender who made Luka Doncic's life so much easier by doing all the unglamorous work on the other end. Standing 6'7" with a motor that never quits, Doe carved out a legitimate seven-year run in Dallas before the trade to Brooklyn in early 2023, and then landed with the Lakers at the end of 2024. His story is a genuine grinder's blueprint — a Virginia kid from Portsmouth who refused to disappear, and that's the kind of NBA career worth rooting for.

Name (English)

Dorian Finney-Smith

Name (Japanese)

ドリアン・フィニー＝スミス

Reading

どりあん・ふぃにー＝すみす

Born

May 4, 1993 (age 33)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rooster

Origin

Portsmouth, Virginia, United States

Height

203 cm

Occupation

basketball player

Motto

Private

• Xhttps://x.com/doefinney_10
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9

Tags

• Virginia
• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.