Lakers rookie Quincy Olivari shared a particular second with one among his idols within the Lakers remaining pre-season recreation earlier than opening night time.
Though his childhood hero Steph Curry didn’t play, the pair exchanged some phrases and took an image collectively after the sport.
Olivari grew to become emotional whereas recalling the dialog he had with the Warriors legend throughout his postgame press convention.
“I don’t even know what to say, man,” Olivari mentioned. “That’s my favourite participant ever. The very first thing he informed me was, ‘I’m an enormous fan of your recreation.’ And reality be informed, I’m an enormous fan of him.
“I had his jersey (rising up). He signed it twice. I used to sleep in that jersey. I simply wished to be like him so dangerous. Simply to have the ability to meet him, him be capable to have some respect for me, and for us to speak within the again—he gave me a pair of his sneakers and signed them. That meant the world to me, man. It simply means so much.”
Curry had one other change with Olivari later that Friday night time in an Instagram publish of his.
“Pleasure bro,” Curry wrote. “Admire you being an actual one and letting me know the historical past!”
Curry additionally made his personal publish with Olivari in it. so he returned the favor and commented on the publish, “Admire u huge dawg”.
Olivari was an undrafted free agent who signed with the Lakers this summer time after 5 seasons of school basketball.
Following the Lakers v Warriors recreation wherein he dropped 22 factors, seven rebounds and two assists whereas taking pictures 8-for-16 from the sphere and 5-for-9 from deep, he was rewarded with a two-way cope with the purple and gold.
Such a healthful method to begin the season.
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