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

Los Angeles Lakers video highlights from Michael Cooper's induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

Defensive stalwart Cooper will be enshrined Sunday in Springfield, Massachusetts, along with West, who is going in as an executive after having previously been inducted as a player and as part of

The Basketball Hall of Fame also honored super fans Jack Nicholson and Billy Crystal for their dedication to the sport and their teams.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The stage was filled with Los Angeles Lakers greats when Jerry West made history Sunday night by becoming the first three-time inductee to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. When one of them had his turn to speak, he could barely get the words out trying to say what West meant to him.

The Los Angeles Lakers have two major inductees in the 2024 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class. One is perhaps the most influential person in the franchise’s history in former player and general manager Jerry West and the other is one of the staples of the Showtime era in Michael Cooper.

Jerry West, who was a superstar Lakers player and later helped build two seperate dynasties for the Lakers, was inducted into the Hall of Fame again.

Former Los Angeles Lakers guard Michael Cooper will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday Oct. 13, 34 years after his NBA p

The Lakers' defensive specialist was more than that. "If we don't have Coop, we don't win those series," former Lakers teammate Byron Scott said of five titles.

Lakers fans know and remember new Hall of Fame inductee Michael Cooper as a defensive stopper, but he was also an outstanding 3-point shooter.

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