For one reason or another, some NBA players are just destined to play for a specific team and that was definitely the case for Larry Nance Jr.The youngster's father, Larry Nance Sr., spent 14 years in the NBA, with seven of those coming as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers.He became a franchise legend with the Cavs and was honoured with a jersey retirement when his playing days were over.Born and raised in Akron, Ohio and having grown up watching his father play for the Wine and Gold, it was only fitting for Nance Jr. to one day be a member of the Cavaliers and follow in his footsteps.That became a reality last week when Cleveland secured a trade with the Los Angeles Lakers to acquire the big man - along with Jordan Clarkson.After discovering that his son would be joining his former team, Nance Sr. made a call to the Cavs organisation to submit a special request.He asked the team to unretire his number 22 jersey in order for his son to wear it.“Well, it really wasn’t a conversation because as soon as he called me and let me now that he got traded here, I called the Cavs and said, He can have the number," he said on ESPN’s Golic and Wingo."Please give him the number. And I think he was calling, saying, ‘My dad deserves to keep that up there.’"By the sounds of it, the Cavaliers great is having a hard time convincing his son to take the number.“But I got this summer. I’m going to just let him wear number 24, and I’m going to work on him all summer because I would be nothing prouder if he just had that number on his back.“He’s wore it his whole career—well, he had to wear number seven in L.A.—but I would be proud if he wore it. I think he respects me.“So we’re just going to have that conversation a lot this summer, and hopefully I can talk him into it.”Nance Jr. honoured his father during the Slam Dunk Contest on Saturday as he wore his old Phoenix Suns jersey and replicated the dunk he performed in the 1984 version where he won the inaugural competition.

It was a fantastic tribute as the retired NBA star was in the arena to witness it all.

He even came onto the court to help his son perform a windmill alley-oop dunk in the final round.

It's such a great story for father and son and it'll certainly continue in the coming years as Nance Jr. looks to carve out a similarly successful career back in his hometown of Cleveland.