Candace Parker has a photo on her desk at her home in Los Angeles from when she won her first WNBA championship with the Sparks in 2016.
Parker is crying, but her daughter Lailaa Williams, who was then 7 years old, is yelling in Parker's ear, "We did it!"
There's no truer statement to describe the relationship between the Lady Vols legend and her daughter, who was born in May 2009 after Parker's historic rookie season in Los Angeles.
"She knows that we win together, we lose together," Parker told Knox News on June 25 at the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame.
Williams was along for the ride of Parker's incredible professional career – Parker was pregnant with her during the 2008 season she won an Olympic gold medal, WNBA Rookie of the Year and MVP – so it only makes sense that she'll escort Parker during her induction to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame on June 27 at the Tennessee Theatre.
Parker is crying, but her daughter Lailaa Williams, who was then 7 years old, is yelling in Parker's ear, "We did it!"
There's no truer statement to describe the relationship between the Lady Vols legend and her daughter, who was born in May 2009 after Parker's historic rookie season in Los Angeles.
"She knows that we win together, we lose together," Parker told Knox News on June 25 at the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame.
Williams was along for the ride of Parker's incredible professional career – Parker was pregnant with her during the 2008 season she won an Olympic gold medal, WNBA Rookie of the Year and MVP – so it only makes sense that she'll escort Parker during her induction to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame on June 27 at the Tennessee Theatre.
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