When Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame chairman Jerry Colangelo called former Los Angeles Lakers Showtime-era legend Michael Cooper on April 1 this year ...

Lakers fans know and remember new Hall of Fame inductee Michael Cooper as a defensive stopper, but he was also an outstanding ...

The Lakers' defensive specialist was more than that. "If we don’t have Coop, we don’t win those series," former Lakers ...

From the moment he stepped onto the stage, Michael Cooper became his own party’s captain and conductor at the 2024 Naismith ...

Showtime-era Los Angeles Lakers legend Michael Cooper never made an All-Star team during his 12-year NBA run. He didn't even start for much of his tenure, which included five championships.

“He’s a friend and a mentor, and I owe him more than he could ever understand,” Michael Cooper said while choking back tears. No wonder Jonnie West said of his father, who died in June at ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (CNS) -- Former Lakers guard Michael Cooper was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Sunday in Springfield, Massachusetts for his stellar defense ...

This weekend, former Los Angeles Lakers reserve Michael Cooper was officially inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was an integral member of the Showtime era because of ...

Cooper was the NBA Defensive Player of the Year ... 76ers who later won more than 400 games as a coach. Collins coached Michael Jordan in both Chicago and Washington, and also coached Philadelphia ...