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

When Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame chairman Jerry Colangelo called former Los Angeles Lakers Showtime-era legend ...

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 ...

Today, October 13, 2024, 33 years after his retirement, Michael Cooper is in the Hall. And also on this day, Jerry West ...

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

Believe it or not, former Showtime Lakers players Byron Scott and Michael Cooper didn't hate one Hall of Famer who played for ...

West is the first to be a three-time inductee; Cooper welcomed for contributions to “Showtime” Lakers championships.

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

Former NBA stars Vince Carter and Chauncey Billups were among 13 inductees to the Basketball Hall of Fame that were enshrined ...

Former Los Angeles Lakers guard Michael Cooper will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on ...

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

Defensive stalwart Cooper will be enshrined Sunday in Springfield, Massachusetts, along with West, who is going in as an ...