{"id":127480,"date":"2025-03-07T19:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T00:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=127480"},"modified":"2025-03-07T19:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T00:20:13","slug":"mavs-hit-olivier-maxence-prosper-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/03\/07\/mavs-hit-olivier-maxence-prosper-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavs Hit With Yet Another Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it rains, it pours.<\/p>\n<p>On the heels of a team update that indicates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/davisan02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Davis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/livelde01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dereck Lively II<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gaffoda01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Gafford<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/martica02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caleb Martin<\/a> are progressing from their respective injuries, ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania reports that Dallas Mavericks big man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/prospol01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olivier-Maxence Prosper<\/a> will miss the remainder of the season with a right wrist injury. The 24th overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, Prosper had been playing a bit role for Dallas until their center depth was <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/03\/06\/reasons-mavericks-fire-medical-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">decimated by injuries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Mavs Hit With Olivier-Maxence Prosper Injury<\/h2>\n<p>Over his last 21 games, Prosper\u2019s averaged 17.0 minutes per contest. He\u2019s also had four of his five career starts in that span. Though Davis and Lively could return this season, it\u2019s nevertheless a blow to the Mavericks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Another injury blow to Dallas: Mavericks forward Olivier-Maxence Prosper has a serious right wrist injury and is expected to require season-ending surgery, sources tell ESPN. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cVpBMtYjoJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/cVpBMtYjoJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1898143009453064387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With Prosper, Davis, Lively II,\u00a0Gafford, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/joneska01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kai Jones<\/a> all out, Dallas doesn\u2019t have many options at center for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>The Mavs do have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/poweldw01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dwight Powell<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edwarke02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kessler Edwards<\/a> available. Honestly, Powell he doesn\u2019t necessarily stand out in any way. However, he\u2019s a seasoned and serviceable big man. Edwards, though not a true center like Powell, is scrappy and can stretch the floor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Caleb Martin, I\u2019m told, is on course to return from his hip injury and make his Mavericks debut tonight against Memphis \u2026 just over a month after Dallas acquired Martin from Philadelphia in trade headlined by Quentin Grimes.<\/p>\n<p>More NBA from me: <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IIIlAloJCf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/IIIlAloJCf<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lmhohQUzmy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/lmhohQUzmy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSteinLine\/status\/1898118330688454923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dallas could also turn to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/marshna01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Naji Marshall<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/washipj01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PJ Washington<\/a>, both 6-foot-7, in small ball lineups. In fact, Marshall has already been utilized in that role, albeit with mixed results. Considering Washington\u2019s recent struggles scoring the ball, this should benefit him, especially with how he excelled at making corner 3s in the 2024 NBA Playoffs. Of course, Washington is out as well, as he continues to nurse an ankle injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Benny Sieu-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it rains, it pours. On the heels of a team update that indicates Anthony Davis, Dereck Lively II, Daniel Gafford, and Caleb Martin are progressing from their respective injuries, ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania reports that Dallas Mavericks big man Olivier-Maxence Prosper will miss the remainder of the season with a right wrist injury. 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