{"id":10969,"date":"2024-10-12T03:26:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T03:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=10969"},"modified":"2024-10-12T03:26:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T03:26:01","slug":"lakers-undrafted-rookie-gets-big-shoutout-from-lebron-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=10969","title":{"rendered":"Lakers Undrafted Rookie Gets Big Shoutout from LeBron James.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2138119212-e1728678681723.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2138119212-e1728678681723.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2138119212-e1728678681723.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2138119212-e1728678681723.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"LeBron James, Lakers\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"654\" data-dom-ready-time=\"775\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>LeBron James<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0undrafted rookie Quincy Olivari became an internet meme after the team\u2019s media day when he was caught in the background of a SportsCenter\u2019s\u00a0Bronny James\u00a0interview\u00a0taking a selfie with\u00a0LeBron James.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cWho\u2019s 41?\u201d meme was born.<\/p>\n<div id=\"22051c8bf62cc397ef882ef8a72638f1\" class=\"embed_container\">\n<div class=\"lazy-embed lazy-embed--ssr embed-instagram-com lazy-embed--loaded\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DAmaiPMySYB\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DAmaiPMySYB\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=656&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fheavy.com&amp;rp=%2Fsports%2Fnba%2Flos-angeles-lakers%2Fquincy-olivari-gets-shoutout-from-lebron-james%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A4710.200000000186%7D\" height=\"1114\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On October 10, Olivari answered that question with a big-time performance as he led the Lakers to a come-from-behind 107-102 preseason win over the Milwaukee Bucks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeeeeaaaahhhhh Q!!,\u201d\u00a0James posted on Instagram. \u201cThey know who 41 is now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivari scored 11 points and added five rebounds with two assists and without a single turnover, leading the Lakers\u2019 frenetic 20-0 run in the fourth quarter to storm back from an 89-74 deficit.<\/p>\n<p>Olivari\u2019s life quickly changed overnight from just an internet meme to becoming a legitimate NBA prospect. The light-spirited guard found the jokes about him funny and just laughed it off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI looked at it, and all the jokes were [NBA] 2k-related,\u201d\u00a0Olivari told reporters\u00a0after the game. \u201cAnd I\u2019m a huge 2k fan. I\u2019ve been playing 2k since about 2k 10, with Kobe Bryant on the cover on the Wii. They started talking about, oh that, like, that\u2019s \u2018My Player.\u2019 \u2026 I was just crying laughing. And my homeboy, he texted me and was like, \u2018You got to capitalize on his marketing.\u2019 So I hadn\u2019t got my media day pictures yet, but I got the picture with LeBron and I said, \u2018I\u2019m just gonna post it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I used the caption, \u2018Who\u2019s number 41?\u2019 And that\u2019s been my mantra.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>JJ Redick Calls Quincy Olivari\u2019s Play as The \u201cBlueprint\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Olivari did not only get a huge shoutout from James but also a great compliment from Lakers coach JJ Redick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuincy just completely changed the game,\u201d\u00a0Redick told reporters afterward. \u201cAnd to me, and I told our guys this after, what he did is the blueprint for what we\u2019re asking for a few of our players in terms of just picking up full court, being disruptive, taking time off the shot clock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought he just executed exactly what we want from someone in his position. And we\u2019ve challenged a number of guys, and they\u2019ve done it well to varying degrees but haven\u2019t seen it executed that well until tonight with Quincy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Redick shared Olivari\u2019s cross country running background has made him one of the best conditioned Lakers players in the training camp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe takes the game very seriously,\u201d Redick said. \u201cHe\u2019s a player who, I talk about care factor, he\u2019s a player who has a care factor for doing it the right way and wanting to execute whatever vision you give him. I\u2019m excited that he\u2019s in our program, I really am. We look at him as a coaching staff in very high regard.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Inquisitive Rookie<\/h2>\n<p>Lakers veterans\u00a0Rui Hachimura\u00a0and\u00a0Gabe Vincent\u00a0told reporters after the game that Olivari is an inquisitive guy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked Gabe a lot of questions, whether that\u2019s his time with the [Miami] Heat,\u201d Olivari told reporters. \u201cWhat is it like playing for coach [Erik] Spoelstra, what is\u00a0Jimmy Butler\u00a0like? What is the Heat culture like? What did it take for him to get to where he\u2019s at?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivari also shared his rapport with James started when he asked him about his \u201cI Promise\u201d school in Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, I have a lot of knowledge whether that\u2019s LeBron, [Anthony Davis], [Austin Reaves], [D\u2019Angelo Russell], Gabe Vincent, just so much knowledge that can be soaked up that I try my best to take advantage of this opportunity,\u201d Olivari said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GettyLeBron James Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0undrafted rookie Quincy Olivari became an internet meme after the team\u2019s media day when he was caught in the background of a SportsCenter\u2019s\u00a0Bronny&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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