He was particularly touched that Zhuri got to be there in March when he broke yet another record that night and hit the 40,000-points scored mark in his career.

"It's definitely special. When I looked up there in the stands and seen her sitting up there," he gushed. "When the 40,000 point mark hit, definitely looked up there at my wife and looked at my daughter and my mom, and my daughter was just clapping, and pumping her arms up in the air. That was super cool. Blew her kiss, she blew one back to me."

And that fatherly love means he's especially protective of his baby girl, which he put on display in November, posting a photo of the two to Instagram and writing in the caption, "MY PRINCESS!! PROMISE TO PROTECT YOU WITH EVERYTHING I HAVE AND MORE!!"

While Zhuri is busy diving into the volleyball world, both her brothers have followed their father into basketball, with Bryce playing on his high school team and Bronny having been recruited by the Lakers earlier this year. (He also plays with the South Bay Lakers of the NBA G League.)