“I’m a laid back dude,” Dorian Finney-Smith admitted candidly as the Florida Gators forward began explaining his biggest challenge this year. As the veteran on a basketball team that returns few players with in-game experience from last year, the redshirt senior is tasked with taking up the mantle of leadership left behind by past household Gator names such as Patric Young, Scottie Wilbekin, and Michael Frazier II. The former transfer from Virginia Tech now in his third season of play for the Gators, Smith is challenging himself to “just be more vocal.”
Citing his laid back nature as a potential difficulty in making that goal a reality, Smith remarked that being vocal is what he needs to do to be more of a leader on the team.