“That’s my favorite player ever,” Olivari said. “The first thing he said to me was, ‘I’m a big fan of your game,’ and honestly, I’m a big fan of his. I had his jersey, he signed it twice. I used to sleep under I just so much to look like him, so to be able to meet him, because he could have some respect for me and us to talk in the back, he gave me a pair of his shoes and signed ’em, that meant the world to me.”

It remains to be seen if Olivari will ever make the Lakers’ roster. They could at least keep him for their G League roster and try to develop him. But when someone like him gets complimented the way he has by a legend like Curry, that’s a hugely good sign.