# Finney-Smith Heads to Hornets | College Basketball News Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/college-basketball-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7654870/finney-smith-heads-to-hornets-college-basketball-news Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/college-basketball-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7654870/finney-smith-heads-to-hornets-college-basketball-news.md Podcast: [College Basketball News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/college-basketball-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7654870) Published: 2026-07-04T21:19:27+00:00 Episode link: https://api.fastcast.ai/audio/162acb1f-75be-4241-852f-06c6497831e8.mp3 Audio file: https://api.fastcast.ai/audio/162acb1f-75be-4241-852f-06c6497831e8.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/college-basketball-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7654870/episodes/finney-smith-heads-to-hornets-college-basketball-news Duration seconds: 73 ## Resource Dorian Finney-Smith, once a Florida Gators rebounding machine and now a veteran NBA forward, is bouncing back to the Hornets after a rocky stint with the Rockets β€” his fifth team in the league. Signed to a lucrative four-year, $52M deal last season, his production and minutes plummeted after offseason ankle surgery, dropping from 29 to 16 minutes per game and just one start. Rising from undrafted status with the Mavericks, he’s also worn Nets and Clippers jerseys before Houston. Now, with a fresh start in Charlotte, Finney-Smith aims to reclaim his form and prove his value as a seasoned role player. Listen in comfort: Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn Advertise on DNN: advertise@thednn.ai This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Report issues to feedback@thednn.ai. View sources & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/854739c068d8e686 ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/college-basketball-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7654870/episodes/finney-smith-heads-to-hornets-college-basketball-news/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/college-basketball-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7654870/finney-smith-heads-to-hornets-college-basketball-news.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.