Nets’ Dorian Finney-Smith gets emotional reunion after dad’s 28-year incarceration
NY Post
Dorian Finney-Smith received an emotional early Christmas gift.
His dad.
The Nets granted Finney-Smith a one-day leave to travel to Virginia and greet his father, Elbert Smith, as he was released from Greensville Correctional Center after 28 years, nine months and 10 days in prison.
“Last 48 hours it’s been exciting, long, just because they didn’t give us a specific time, they just gave us a specific date,” Finney-Smith said before Wednesday night’s clash against the Knicks at Barclays Center. “It was a long ass four hours just waiting on them to give you that phone call to tell you he’s ready. It was exciting, though. He gets to watch the first game [tonight] in the house without having to share the TV with anyone else. It’s fun.”
Smith, a Navy veteran who was honorably discharged and had already been arrested for distribution of cocaine, was involved in a fatal incident on Jan. 25, 1995.
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