On Monday, the Los Angeles Lakers held media day in California, which meant that the father-son duo of LeBron and Bronny James got to be on full display.

They did interviews and took photos that went viral on social media.

After the day, James made a post to Instagram that has over 1.1 million likes and 7,800 comments in less than six hours.

James captioned his post: “PURE JOY 🙌🏾🙌🏾🤴🏾”

One person to leave a comment was former NBA star Dion Waiters.

His comment had over 400 likes in four hours.

Waiters wrote: “This 🔥🔥🔥 having ya Jr next to yu along both of yall journey is crazy!!! 🫡”

Waiters and James were briefly teammates for part of part of two seasons on the Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers.

In addition, they have faced off ten times over their careers.

James had an impressive 10-1 record in those matchups.

Waiters never made an All-Star Game, but he was an extremely popular NBA player (who was an elite scorer).

Fans will likely love seeing that he is interacting with James on social media.

The 32-year-old played eight seasons for the Cavs, Heat, Thunder and Lakers.

He won the 2020 NBA Championship with James and the Lakers.

His career averages were 13.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per contest while shooting 41.2% from the field and 34.6% from the three-point range.

The Lakers will open up their season on October 22 when they host Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves in Los Angeles.

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Miami Heat big man Kevin Love and Derrick Rose played together in the 2018 season.

The NBA community mourned the announcement of Rose’s retirement last week while Love is 36 years old, and also on the edge of retirement. Their relationship is tight.

The 35-year-old guard is now a motivational speaker. Although he was never able to win a title, Rose inspired many athletes of younger generations to achieve their goals. The guard handled adversity better than almost anyone else, from injuries to being traded multiple times.

Love can relate to struggling with injuries in his career. Some being more major than others, such as two broken hands and having to go through knee surgery.

Although they only played 12 games together in Cleveland, Love and Rose formed a bond through their similar battles. The two players were close with each other, and the former guard’s retirement hit the five-time All-Star hard, speaking about it at Heat’s media day.

“That was emotional for me,” Love said.

Rose was the youngest NBA player to win an MVP at 22 years and 7 months old. He played a fulfilling 16 years in the league, showing fans and athletes across the world that it doesn’t matter what you face, you should always work your hardest.

The retirement of Rose clearly impacted many people around the NBA, including Love.

Ryan Diamond is a contributing writer to Miami Heat On SI. He can be reached at radiamond15@gmail.com or followed on X @RyanDiam15.

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