{"id":280951,"date":"2025-10-06T04:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T04:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/280951\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T04:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T04:24:10","slug":"candace-parkers-toddler-steals-the-wnba-spotlight-with-epic-dance-moves-with-legendary-pop-star-during-phoenix-mercury-vs-las-vegas-aces-nba-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/280951\/","title":{"rendered":"Candace Parker\u2019s toddler steals the WNBA spotlight with epic dance moves with legendary pop star during Phoenix Mercury vs Las Vegas Aces | NBA News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/david-becker.jpg\" alt=\"Candace Parker\u2019s toddler steals the WNBA spotlight with epic dance moves with legendary pop star during Phoenix Mercury vs Las Vegas Aces\" title=\"(Image Source - Getty Images)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>(Image Source &#8211; Getty Images) Fans witnessed the cutest moment when Candace Parker\u2019s son broke out in a dance in front of Usher. This adorable exchange took place during Game 2 of the Phoenix Mercury vs Las Vegas Aces. While an intense match was going on, Candace Parker\u2019s son, Airr Larry Petrakov Parker, was bringing the heat with his dance moves and won the hearts of the people on the stands and on social media as well.<\/p>\n<p>Candace Parker\u2019s son brings the heat on the court side<\/p>\n<p>After greeting Usher and hugging him, Candace Parker beckoned her son to dance. At his mother\u2019s request to dance, Airr sprang into dancing, inciting cheers from the people around him, including Usher. Social media has also taken to praising the 3-year-old for his dance moves. Candace Parker attended Game 2 of the Phoenix Mercury vs Las Vegas Aces with her son, Air, and daughter, Lailaa Nicole Williams. Candace Parker wore a denim jacket with roses embroidered all over and a brown turtleneck top underneath. The former WNBA player also wore khaki pants with fun printed patterns. While his mother\u2019s outfit was more on the elaborate side, Airr kept his outfit simple. The 3-year-old dancing toddler wore a cream polo shirt and charcoal pants.Candace Parker and her wife, Anna Petrakova, are both retired WNBA players who married in 2019. The couple welcomed their first son, Airr, in February 2022. While this is the couple\u2019s first child together, Candace Parker already had a daughter, Laila, in 2009 with her ex-husband, Shelden Williams. <\/p>\n<p>Usher congratulates the MVP and DPOY of the Phoenix Mercury vs Las Vegas Aces match<\/p>\n<p>Usher attended the game and was seen courtside with his son, Usher Raymond V, nicknamed Cinco. After the game ended, the star singer went over to congratulate the MVP and DPOY, A\u2019ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces. The game ended with a Las Vegas Aces victory with a 91-78 win.Posing for pictures with A\u2019ja Wilson, Usher showed off his Nike A\u2019One shoes. Besides his A\u2019Ones, the singer was dressed quite simply with a plain white t-shirt and khaki cargo pants. The singer recently finished his last leg of his Past Present Future tour on May 7, 2025.Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/nba\/top-stories\/they-let-her-get-away-with-it-wnba-legend-candace-parker-rips-into-the-wnbas-officiating-bias-after-napheesa-colliers-incident\/articleshow\/124290650.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;They Let Her Get Away With It&#8221; &#8211; WNBA Legend Candace Parker rips into the WNBA\u2019s officiating bias after Napheesa Collier&#8217;s incident<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Image Source &#8211; Getty Images) Fans witnessed the cutest moment when Candace Parker\u2019s son broke out in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":280952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[145108,21899,4144,2983,1502,145109,145110,62,67,132,68,74546,232,145107],"class_list":{"0":"post-280951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-airr-larry-petrakov-parker","9":"tag-candace-parker","10":"tag-las-vegas-aces","11":"tag-nike","12":"tag-phoenix-mercury","13":"tag-phoenix-mercury-vs-las-vegas-aces","14":"tag-shelden-williams","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usher","20":"tag-wnba","21":"tag-wnba-spotlight"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115325322083907050","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}