The Los Angeles Lakers got a solid role player when they traded D'Angelo Russell to the Brooklyn Nets in return for Dorian Finney-Smith. Finney-Smith

While the Lakers hope to keep Dorian Finney-Smith long-term, the early expectation is he will decline his $15.38 million player option for the 2025-26 season and enter unrestricted free agency,

The Los Angeles Lakers, at long last, acquired the rangy 3-and-D wing they have needed for quite some time on Sunday. They obtained forward Dorian Finney-Smith, as well as guard Shake Milton, from the Brooklyn Nets in a trade that sent out D'Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis and three second-round draft picks.