To Option or Not to Option…
In the wild world of basketball heroics, Dorian Finney-Smith, the megastellar defensive juggernaut who flipped the Lakers’ fortune like a flapjack with extra syrup, declared he’s too busy swatting basketballs and opponents like pesky mosquitoes to mull over his contract options. Yes, folks, the man who backflipped the Lakers’ defense from basement-dwelling to zipping up past the stars thanks to Luka and Co., hasn’t had a millisecond to ponder if he’ll stay on Rodeo Drive or hit the open market in a dazzling jeep. Who’s got time for options when you’ve got baskets to fly and dunks to slam?
Trading for Finney-Smith was like grabbing the golden snitch of basketball — sure, it cost D’Angelo Russell and some shiny picks, but the Lakers’ fortune went from flopping like a fish to surfing a tsunami of defensive greatness. Now the Laker-verse holds its breath as mighty Finney-Smith faces a $15.4 million decision—a fortune even by Jack’s bean standards—but he’s left it on the bench until draft season sends up the flares. Our hero’s focus is laser-tight on finding the second round, as elusive as Bigfoot, with contract contemplation on summer’s menu.
And in a parallel universe of hoops heroism, the mighty Luka Doncic is predicted to ink a deal the size of Mt. Olympus with the Lakers this summer. Lakers’ aficionados rejoice! While Dorian ponders his parabolic journey through the cosmos of free agency, Luka looks to bolt his magnificent self to the Lakers for a foreseeable future. Adventure awaits in L.A., but for now, Finney-Smith and Luka’s tales remain to be penned by the court’s unseen scribes. Stay tuned to this melodramatic slam show!
