It wasn’t exactly a warm-and-fuzzy welcome-back for Dorian Finney-Smith, who went through his first full practice in nearly a month.
But he expected nothing less when an old friend was waiting for him with a ration of trash talk.
Luka Donu010diu0107 and Finney-Smith were going at each other in the five-on-five scrimmage and the superstar point guard wanted to make sure the Mavericks’ best defender knew what was going on.
“Tell them they (Finney-Smith’s team) had to double me,” Donu010diu0107 said as he walked by Finney-Smith’s interview session Tuesday afternoon.
To which, the 6-7 swingman said with a clarifying tone: “Guarding LD, that’s how I see how I’m doing.