Game 47: Washington Wizards (6-38) vs. Dallas Mavericks (24-22) | 7:30pm CST

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@noahweber00

Olivier-Maxence Prosper on how Dereck Lively II has helped him in this recent stretch:

“Me and him are real close. To see him supporting me from the sideline. This guy, whenever I go out there and I first check in, this guy is like take a deep breath, be you. He knows the work I put in. He sees the hours I put in behind the scenes…Anytime I come out, I turn down a three, he’s like shoot the three! You’re open…He wants me to be great…”

This is amazing to read. How can you not root for Lively and O-Max? 

I often think about what a fully advanced Lively looks like and now I'm starting to wonder what a grown up O-Max could be.  I'm really hoping for a Pascal Siakam type elevation. Both guys are around the same size. Started off with a mostly defensive profile. Look at Pascal's numbers his first few years and its not impressive. He really made a leap in year 3 at age 24 (won most improved player award).  

O-Max came into the league a year younger so i could see year 4 really being the blow up year. Exciting since we're only in the middle of year 2.