'Freeze': Why the Lakers' signature three-point celebration isn't what you think
by Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times
May 19, 2023
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES — Dennis Schroder Jr., the 4-year-old son of the Lakers' guard, entered the team's locker room in Los Angeles not long after his father's team defeated the defending champion Golden State Warriors.
"Junior," LeBron James said from his stall, and soon the boy was dapping up James and Anthony Davis.
It was a special moment for Schroder, a player who re-signed with the Lakers on a minimum contract because, in part, of unfinished business from the Lakers' failed title defense in 2021. Now his oldest child was sharing smiles with two future Hall of Fame players, including the NBA's all-time leading scorer.
"You don't take that for granted," Schroder later
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