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 ...

I always like to start my NBA previews at the bottom and work my way up. And when it comes to bottoming out, nobody does it ...

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

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

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

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

Others inducted into the Hall of Fame this year were NBA player and coach Doug Collins, Walter Davis, two-time NBA champion ...

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

The 2024 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class got inducted on Sunday, and as such the Los Angeles Lakers paid ...

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

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