As the Houston Rockets signed Dorian Finney Smith this offseason to a four-year, $52 million deal, they knew that the skill-set he could provide them with would be hugely important to their chances at contention this season.
Yet, for Finney-Smith, his arrival to Houston will also represent something equally as important: his first chance in his career to play for a bona-fide championship contender.
Now, depending on the role that Finney-Smith ultimately plays within the rotation, this could easily be a serendipitous union for both parties.
Dorian Finney-Smith will finally get to play for a seriously contending team
Finney-Smith, 32, brings an element of perimeter shooting, and an archetypal 3-and-D skill-set that Houston will desperately need this season.