As he enters his third season in the NBA, Dallas Mavericks forward Olivier-Maxence Prosper (or O-Max, as he’s lovingly referred) is beginning to fill a place of respect and esteem in my heart which has been a void since the departure of Dorian Finney-Smith over two years ago. The more I’ve thought about it, the quicker the comparisons between the two begin to offer themselves for consideration.

While Finney-Smith’s minutes played average hit the 20 minute mark right off the bat in his rookie season, O-Max has so far averaged only 10 during his first two seasons in the league. This is obviously a factor that could be detrimental to his development, but it’s certainly not something that can be blamed on his abilities or level of effort. It just happens to be the case that O-Max joined a Mav

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