DALLAS – If Dallas Mavericks forward Dorian Finney-Smith ever took the NBA for granted, he likely won’t do that again.
Last year tendinitis in his left quadriceps limited Finney-Smith to just 21 games. And those 61 games where Finney-Smith had to sit and stew and patiently wait for his injury to heal were some of the worst days of his life.
Thus, now that Finney-Smith is 100 percent healthy, he can look back and appreciate the magnitude of what his injury entailed and how it robbed him of the game that he loves.
“Not being able to play basketball for (61) games last year, you appreciate all the little things like practice,” Finney-Smith said following Friday’s practice eat the Lympo practice facilities.