{"id":62429,"date":"2025-08-06T10:54:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T10:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/62429\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T10:54:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T10:54:19","slug":"dennis-rodmans-daughter-trinity-gets-heartfelt-praise-from-los-angeles-lakers-legend-magic-johnson-after-her-latest-achievement-nba-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/62429\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Rodman’s daughter Trinity gets heartfelt praise from Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson after her latest achievement | NBA News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DennisMagic Johnson and Trinity. Image via: Juan Ocampo\/NBAE via Getty Images | Brad Smith\/ISI Photos \/ Getty Images Trinity Rodman made headlines once again as the Washington Spirit forward delivered a stunning game-winning goal against the Portland Thorns, marking her return from injury in spectacular style. The moment was enough to electrify the crowd. He stunning performance also earned a public message of praise from Los Angeles Lakers legend and part-owner of the Spirit, Magic Johnson.<\/p>\n

Trinity Rodman earns heartfelt praise from Lakers legend Magic Johnson<\/p>\n

On a thrilling evening in D.C., Rodman reminded fans why she\u2019s a generational talent. With just minutes left on the clock, she buried a decisive goal to give the Washington Spirit a 2\u20131 victory. For Trinity, it was a storybook return after injury kept her sidelined for weeks.Magic Johnson, who is part of the Spirit\u2019s ownership group, didn\u2019t hold back his excitement on X.He wrote, \u201cWelcome back superstar Trinity Rodman! Congratulations on scoring the game winning goal for our Washington Spirit in a 2-1 victory over the Portland Thorns. The entire National Women\u2019s Soccer League (NWSL) has missed you!\u201dIt wasn\u2019t the first time Johnson praised the young forward, but this moment carried added emotion. After all, Rodman\u2019s prowess in the game has become as much a part of her identity as her footwork and finishing.<\/p>\n

Trinity explained her relationship with her father, Dennis Rodman<\/p>\n

In an emotionally raw interview earlier this year on Call Her Daddy, she opened up about her strained relationship with her father, NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman. “My dad, he likes to be in control. So he would take us shopping, get us phones, do this, do that. ‘Oh, I’m going to take you and your brother shopping,’ and me and my brother are like, ‘We don’t want to go shopping, we just want money to go get In-N-Out after school with our friends,” Trinity said.”So it was like, he wouldn’t give us money to do that. He needed to have the control of bringing us shopping and swiping his own card. But if we asked, ‘Hey, could we have $100 to go get food, to go to Claire’s to get my ears pierced,’ just little stuff like that? He was like, ‘No. You’re using me.'”\u201cHe\u2019s not a dad,\u201d Trinity continued. \u201cMaybe by blood, but nothing else. Hearing his voice is painful.\u201dShe described a childhood marked by instability, often living in a car with her mother, while her father\u2019s absence left emotional gaps. Even when Dennis Rodman showed up \u2014 like when he surprised her at her NWSL debut \u2014 the gestures felt more about control or spectacle than support.\u201cI answer the phone now for my conscience,\u201d she added, \u201cto be like, he needed to hear my voice before anything else happens.\u201dAlso Read: Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton attends WWE SummerSlam in style amid his Achilles injury<\/a>Despite the emotional weight she carries, Trinity Rodman continues to shine on her own terms. She\u2019s earned a World Cup appearance, Olympic gold, and now, the admiration of sporting legends like Magic Johnson. And as for Johnson, he is known for his extensive support for athletes of basketball or any other sports. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Magic Johnson and Trinity. Image via: Juan Ocampo\/NBAE via Getty Images | Brad Smith\/ISI Photos \/ Getty Images…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[10507,46184,8726,355,46185,29031,99,10506,46183],"class_list":{"0":"post-62429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-dennis-rodman","9":"tag-game-winning-goal","10":"tag-magic-johnson","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-nwsl","13":"tag-portland-thorns","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-trinity-rodman","16":"tag-washington-spirit"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}