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Rockets forward new player: My injury has worsened before, I want to balance

10:47am, 3 October 2025Basketball

According to Danielle Lerner, a reporter from Houston Chronicle, the Houston Rockets' forward new player Dorian Finney-Smith is expected to miss some games in the early stages of the new season due to his recovery from injury. Lerner said that in June this year, Finney Smith underwent surgery on his left ankle, which he had the surgery to solve the problem of persistent discomfort in his left ankle.

In an interview with Lerner, Finney Smith revealed to him that he had previously played with an injury, which caused an intensification of ankle injury. Finney Smith said: I probably exacerbated my injury because I was a fool, because I didn't want a quit and wanted to continue the game, so I became what I am now. Please forgive my words. You may also stop me from doing this in the future. I really hope that two years ago, someone told me not to work so hard on the court and to have a good balance. If that were the case, my current situation would probably be better. But what I want to say is that it is because of the spirit of hard work that I have come all the way to this day. I am a very tenacious person. Sometimes the things that make you successful will hurt you. So when I am learning, I have to listen to my body's voice, which will be of great help to me in the future.

Middle last season, Finney Smith's old club, the Los Angeles Lakers, made a deal with Brooklyn. The Lakers sent D 'Angelo Russell, the backcourt player who performed poorly at the time, to the Nets and received Finney Smith from the Nets. After joining the Lakers, Finney Smith made a total of 43 appearances in the NBA regular season, averaging 28.8 minutes, averaging 7.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.3 blocks. He also had 0.9 turnovers and 1.9 fouls. His shooting percentage was 44.2%, three-point shooting percentage was 39.8%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 71.4%.

Fenney Smith received a four-year contract from the Rockets this summer, with a total of $52.7 million, of which the fourth year of the contract is still the team option. After all, he is also a 32-year-old veteran. If he can get such a big contract at this point in time, Finney Smith will of course choose to sign this contract without hesitation. But we don't know what impact Finney Smith's injury will have on his performance in the new season. The Rockets provided him with such a large-scale long contract, which is of course very optimistic about his abilities, but he had to be absent due to injury for a while at the beginning, which also made everyone feel a little worried about his situation and this contract?

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