PHOTO: D'Angelo Russell's girlfriend Laura Ivaniukas captures adorable Thanksgiving moment between Lakers star and their son Riley
D'Angelo Russell celebrated Thanksgiving with his family. On Thursday, his girlfriend Laura Ivaniukas posted a snap of a wholesome moment between the LA Lakers star and their son Riley on Thanksgiving Day.
In a picture posted on Instagram by the NBA star's girlfriend, Russell has Riley on his shoulders. To entertain his son, the Lakers player also wears an inflatable turkey costume as he walks through the house.
The point guard also wore a special t-shirt with a text on the chest that read "girl dad."
"Happy Thanksgiving," Ivaniukas wrote.
![D'Angelo Russell and his girlfriend Laura Ivaniukas' IG story [Credit: IG/@laura.iva]](https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2024/11/76e1a-17328301936637-1920.jpg?w=500)
Russell and Laura Ivaniukas have been together for over four years now. They have a 2-year-old son, Riley, and a daughter, Mila, who was born earlier this year.
D'Angelo Russell's partner Laura Ivaniukas shares adorable picture of 3-month-old daughter
D'Angelo Russell and his girlfriend, Laura Ivaniukas, welcomed their second child - a daughter named Mila - in August. Since then, Ivaniukas has consistently posted pictures of her daughter on her social media.
On Sunday, the Lakers star's partner shared a photo of her daughter basking in the sunlight from her stroller. Mila looked adorable in a pink zip-up jacket layered over a white dress covered in heart prints. She also wore a white hat, smiled, and gazed away from the camera.
![D'Angelo Russell's daughter Mila [Credit: IG/@laura.iva]](https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2024/11/f875a-17328302647710-1920.jpg)
Before his girlfriend was about to give birth to Mila, Russell was excited and anxious about being a girl dad. He told Andscape's Marc J. Spears in April that he asked many questions about fatherhood from both LeBron James and Anthony Davis, who gave their prized intel to Russell.
He also said that he had been asking his friends who have daughters, and they told him it would change him for the better.
“All my friends have girls and they say, ‘It’s everything and it’s going to change you.'" Russell said. "A lot of people around me have [daughters]. I try to ask all the right questions and prepare myself for it.”
Almost 9 months later, the Lakers star and his longtime girlfriend are a happy family with a son and a daughter.
As for D'Angelo Russell's performance this season, it has been a tough season for him so far. In 18 games for the Lakers, he has come off the bench 10 times after starting the season as a starter. He is averaging a career-low in points per game [11.8], field-goal percentage [39.7] and 3-point percentage [29.4].