Los Angeles Lakers Player's Mom Calls Out ESPN In Viral Social Media Post

Courtney Olivari (mother of Quincy) made a viral post to X.

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Quincy Olivari is coming off an excellent season of college basketball for Xavier.

He finished the year with averages of 19.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.4 steals per contest while shooting 42.5% from the field and 40.9% from the three-point range.

That said, the 23-year-old went undrafted this past summer.

Xavier Musketeers guard Quincy Olivari (8) reacts after making a 3-point shot in the second half of a college basketball game between the St. John's Red Storm and the Xavier Musketeers, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, at Cintas Center in Cincinnati. The Xavier Musketeers won, 88-77. / Kareem Elgazzar/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK

Olivari then had a productive preseason, which landed him with a two-way contract from the Los Angeles Lakers.

Via The Lakers on October 19: "OFFICIAL: The Lakers have converted Quincy Olivari to a two-way contract"

OFFICIAL: The Lakers have converted Quincy Olivari to a two-way contract pic.twitter.com/eYqwlh3imK

— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) October 19, 2024

On October 22, (his mom) Courtney Olivari sent out a post (via X).

Her post had over 86,000 likes and 3.9 million impressions.

Courtney Olivari wrote: "Seems like @ESPN doesn’t have a thumbnail pic for my son. Please allow me to help you out. Use this one…"

Seems like @ESPN doesn’t have a thumbnail pic for my son. Please allow me to help you out. Use this one… pic.twitter.com/ipG9y05KUa

— Courtney Olivari (@CourtneyOlivari) October 22, 2024

Olivari then responded.

His post had over 31,000 likes and 950,000 impressions.

He wrote: "Idk ma looks pretty identical to me 😂😂"

Idk ma looks pretty identical to me 😂😂 https://t.co/Ts0trNSF0z pic.twitter.com/bXv3xPo9hE

— Quincy Olivari (@quincyolivari) October 22, 2024

The Lakers played their first game of the 2024-25 regular season on Tuesday evening when they hosted the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Olivari did not appear in the 110-103 victory, as he will likely spend most of his minutes playing for the South Bay Lakers (G League).

That said, his story was easily the best of the entire 2024-25 preseason.

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A post shared by Quincy Olivari (@quincyolivari)

Following the Timberwolves, the Lakers will play their next game on Friday evening when they host Bradley Beal and the Phoenix Suns in Los Angeles.

They are coming off a year where they lost in the first round of the NBA playoffs.