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 ...

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

Michael Cooper could be forgiven for putting his head back and remembering some of the more arduous journeys he had previously endured during his playing career. Like the one, when at Plymouth in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...