Dorian Finney-Smith is ramping up his activity and could return to the Houston Rockets' lineup in January, according to Ime Udoka.

Finney-Smith is currently recovering from offseason ankle surgery.

“Dorian is improving,” Udoka said. “He’s starting to ramp it up a little bit. He’ll get some live work in. Obviously, how he reacts to that determines when he gets back. It will be a little bit still. I think we’re anticipating more around January hopefully, but he’s getting into the phase of playing a little bit more now.”

The Rockets signed Finney-Smith last offseason to a four-year, $53 million deal.