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Olivier-Maxence Prosper Rumors
Olivier-Maxence Prosper agrees to two-way deal with Memphis
Shams Charania: Free agent forward Olivier-Maxence Prosper has agreed on a two-way NBA contract with the Memphis Grizzlies, Todd Ramasar and Mike Simonetta of Life Sports Agency told ESPN. Prosper sifted through multiple offers, and now chooses the Grizzlies to enter his third NBA season.
Mavericks officially sign Dante Exum, waive Olivier-Maxence Prosper
Dallas Mavericks PR: The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have re-signed guard Danté Exum. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. In a related move, Dallas has requested waivers on forward Olivier-Maxence Prosper.
Keith Smith: Factoring in unlikely bonuses for Caleb Martin and PJ Washington (unlikely bonuses count towards the apron calculation), Dallas was just under $600K under their second-apron hard cap. After waiving-and-stretching Olivier-Maxence Prosper, the Mavs are almost $3.6M under the second apron. That's enough room to sign Dante Exum to a vet minimum deal at $2.3M.
Keith Smith: Mavs will carry a dead money cap hit of $1,002,360 for Olivier-Maxence Prosper for each of the next three seasons (through the 2027-28 season). Dallas was already carrying a $2,208,856 dead money cap hit for JaVale McGee for the same years. That's a total of $3,211,216 each year for the next three years.
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Michael Scotto: Just In: The Dallas Mavericks will waive-and-stretch Olivier-Maxence Prosper, league sources told @hoopshype . The former 24th pick of the 2023 NBA Draft is being waived to make room for Dante Exum and duck the second apron. The 23-year-old is expected to draw free agency interest
Bobby Marks: Friday at 5pm ET. is the deadline to waive and stretch a player. The move was needed to sign Dante Exum. The Mavericks were $1.6M below the 2nd apron prior to the waiver. The Exum cap hit will be $2.3M
Brian Lewis: The #Mavs had until 5pm to waive and stretch Prosper. The forward had been linked to the #Nets as a salary dump.
Yossi Gozlan: The Mavericks have two second-round picks to trade as an incentive for a team to take on Olivier-Maxence Prosper. They could waive and stretch him to create apron space to sign Dante Exum and keep draft equity. Deadline to stretch a player’s 2025-26 salary is Friday, August 29.
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Mavericks place Olivier-Maxence Prosper on the trade block
Marc Stein: The Mavericks have ramped up their efforts to create the needed roster space to complete the signing of Dante Exum, sources tell @Jake Fischer and me. The push has focused on finding a new home via trade for Olivier-Maxence Prosper. More NBA from us: tinyurl.com/ty6tnur3
Keerthika Uthayakumar: Will Riley (from Kitchener, ON) is the 22nd Canadian to be drafted in the first round of the NBA draft since 2011. He's the sixth Canadian taken in the first round over the last four drafts, joining Sharpe & Mathurin in 2022, Prosper in 2023 and Edey & George in 2024.
“As a Canadian, representing my country is something I definitely want to do in the future,” Olivier-Maxence Prosper said Tuesday at the Mavs Academy Hoop Camp presented by Chick-fil-A. “I see the ’28 Olympics as a goal of mine, for sure.” However, the Montreal native who played on Canada’s Under-19 national team in 2021 knows there are a few intermediate steps he must complete before he can address that major goal. “We’re in 2025, so we got three years until then (the Olympics),” he said. “Every year is building. By that time, I’ll be, what, five years into the league? Then it’ll be our time to take that spot.”
Prosper played 52 games last season before a fracture in his right wrist sent him to surgery and the sideline for the rest of the season. He averaged 3.9 points and 2.4 rebounds while playing 11.2 minutes per game. His rehab has gone well and the hope is that he can resume full basketball activities by late June or early July. “The wrist is moving a lot better,” he said. “I’m actually really close to starting basketball work, meaning dribbling and shooting with my right hand. I’m a couple days away from that and then full recovery should be by the end of this month, early next month.”
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