Defense -- not offense -- was Michael Cooper's calling card, helping the Lakers claim 5 NBA titles during the 1980s.

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

Former Lakers wing Michael Cooper, a five-time NBA champion, is now officially a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball ...

S howtime-era Los Angeles Lakers legend Michael Cooper never made an All-Star team during his 12-year NBA run. He didn't even ...

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

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 ...

Defense -- not offense -- was Cooper's calling card, and it helped the Lakers claim 5 NBA titles during the 1980s. Steve Aschburner Michael Cooper reflects on wanting to continue giving back to ...

On April 1, around 9:15 a.m., Michael Cooper’s phone rang with the news that he finally had been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was sitting next to his wife ...

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 to inform him he had made the Hall ...

Sunday was arguably the biggest day in the life of Michael Cooper, the former Los Angeles Lakers wing who helped them win five NBA championships in the 1980s. He was formally inducted into the ...

“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 ...