Quincy Olivari responds after mother calls ESPN over stunning mistake

The Los Angeles Lakers play their first game of the 2024-25 season against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday evening.

Expectations for the start of the season are at an all-time high and players and fans can’t wait to get started. However, just before the start of game one of 82, the Lakers’ newest two-way guard, Quincy Olivari, has taken the NBA by storm.

He made a name for himself in just a few weeks and the Lakers rewarded him with a two-way contract. He’s earned it with his stellar play, and he could end up playing a big role with the Lakers down the road.

In the meantime, ESPN needs to get an accurate look at him. Earlier on Tuesday, Quincy’s mother, Courtney Olivari, shared a tweet in which ESPN made a stunning mistake using a photo of fellow rookie Dalton Knecht for Quincy’s ESPN profile.

However, Olivari responded to his mother and jokingly said that he and Knecht look alike.

Olivari tried to make light of the situation, and it worked. The first-year rookie is not only a great basketball player, but also has quite a sense of humor.

With his play, it’s only a matter of time before ESPN gets the right profile photo of Olivari. Olivari has shown throughout preseason that he can be a force to be reckoned with in the near future.

In four games this preseason, Olivari recorded a total of 35 points on 12-for-23 shooting, 8-14 3PT, 14 rebounds and four assists. That may not be a significant sample size, but there’s no doubting Olivari’s ability to shoot the ball.

Olivari has been impressive and efficient in his preseason performances, averaging 8.8 points and 3.5 rebounds in 13.4 minutes per game. He shot 52.2 percent from the field and an astonishing 57.1 percent from three in four games.

He showed that in the NBA, and he showed that in college as well.

The Georgia native began his basketball career in college for five seasons at Xavier (2023-24) and Rice (2019-23). In his only campaign as a Musketeer, Olivari appeared in all 34 games and averaged 19.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.4 steals in 32.2 minutes.

He finished the season as the Big East’s leader in 3-point field goal percentage (.409) and was named to the league’s honorable mention team.

Olivari is a star in his own right, and soon ESPN will do him justice.

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