{"id":639409,"date":"2026-03-04T19:11:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/639409\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T19:11:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:11:39","slug":"grizzlies-promote-olivier-maxence-prospers-two-way-contract-to-standard-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/639409\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzlies promote Olivier-Maxence Prosper&#8217;s two-way contract to standard deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olivier-Maxence Prosper is being promoted from his two-way contract and signing a standard deal with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/sports\/grizzlies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Memphis Grizzlies,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Memphis Grizzlies,<\/a> his agent Todd Ramasar of Life Sports Agency confirmed to The Commercial Appeal on March 4.<\/p>\n<p>Prosper, who is in his third NBA season, begin the 2025-26 campaign with the Grizzlies on a two-way contract. The 6-foot-7 forward was nearing the maximum of 50 active games before the Grizzlies signed him to a multi-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Injuries and opportunity have led to Prosper playing the best basketball of his career. He&#8217;s averaging a career-high 7.6 points while shooting 54.1% from the floor and 38.9% on 3-pointers.<\/p>\n<p>Prosper was acquired by the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/dallas-mavericks\/6\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dallas Mavericks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> with No. 24 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. He spent two seasons in Dallas before joining the Grizzlies.<\/p>\n<p>Prosper has provided versatility for the Grizzlies, playing positions ranging from small forward to center.<\/p>\n<p>His numbers have jumped since the NBA All-Star break. In 29 games previous, Prosper averaged 6.4 points and 2.9 rebounds. In his last seven games, Prosper has totaled 12.4 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Signing Prosper opens a two-way contract spot that the Grizzlies are likely to fill. The 15-man roster is also now full, meaning that Memphis can only add another player via a two-way contract.<\/p>\n<p>Forward Rayan Rupert&#8217;s 10-day deal has ended. That allowed Memphis the opportunity to sign Prosper.<\/p>\n<p>Damichael Cole is the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/memphis-grizzlies\/29\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Memphis Grizzlies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> beat writer for The Commercial Appeal. Contact Damichael at damichael.cole@commercialappeal.com. Follow Damichael on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DamichaelC.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/grizzlies\/2026\/03\/04\/olivier-maxence-prosper-contrarct-memphis-grizzlies\/88981328007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Olivier-Maxence Prosper earns standard Memphis Grizzlies contract;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Olivier-Maxence Prosper earns standard Memphis Grizzlies contract<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olivier-Maxence Prosper is being promoted from his two-way contract and signing a standard deal with the Memphis Grizzlies,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,149,294,293,177,4070,6,10824,7217,83300,5023,181,56683],"class_list":["post-639409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-memphis-grizzlies","tag-basketball","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-grizzlies","tag-memphis","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-memphisgrizzlies","tag-nba","tag-olivier-maxence-prosper","tag-rayan-rupert","tag-signing-prosper","tag-the-commercial-appeal","tag-the-grizzlies","tag-todd-ramasar"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116172494421544846","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}