You Down With OMP? Olivier-Maxence Prosper

The San Antonio Spurs are ready for the following couple of weeks till they get to pick out Victor Wembanyama first total. Nevertheless, they might nonetheless have a pair extra picks to make use of. Of these, Olivier-Maxence Prosper might doubtlessly discover himself obtainable across the thirty third choose the place the Spurs choose subsequent.

The 6-foot-8 (with shoes on), 230-pound forward may very well be an incredible match for the Spurs at that spot within the draft. After beginning at Clemson, Prosper spent his final two years at Marquette the place he prospered. He confirmed that he may be an vitality and glue man for a prime tier Massive East workforce. He has defensive versatility and is turning into a significantly higher shooter. Listed here are his stats from the final season.

• 12.5 PPG, 1.4 TOPG, 0.9 SPG, 0.7 APG, 4.7 RPG
• 51.2 FG%, 33.9 3P%, 73.5 FT%
• 17.9 PER, 119.2 ORtg, 104.2 DRtg

Olivier-Maxence Prosper Breakdown

Prosper has been stable as a defender. One in all his greatest traits is that he performs extraordinarily laborious on that finish of the ground. He can stick with smaller ball handlers and even did so in a full-court press. Though he absolutely received’t be requested to do on the NBA stage. With Prosper possible being a extremely switchable defender, he might want to develop into a greater rim protector as a possible small-ball middle although. To present you an concept of how versatile he’s on protection, he guarded the likes of Cam Whtimore (Villanova), Jordan Hawkins (UConn), and Colby Jones (Xavier) and greater than held his personal.

He has an NBA-ready physique and may be capable to hold with nearly anyone he guards. He impressed a ton of groups in his pre-draft exercises and on the mix. Prosper confirmed some explosiveness he didn’t essentially get to exhibit at Marquette and has been a fast riser on boards. He additionally confirmed he can shoot it a bit extra persistently within the exercises and within the one scrimmage he performed in.

If he can enhance his leap shot and what groups consider him simply within the time between the season and the mix, think about what he can do with a professional employees in a full season of studying. That’s the type of upside — even for an “older” prospect” — that groups prefer to see and have a tendency to draft within the first spherical. He’s projected to get picked anyplace between 25 and 40 on this draft.