The emotional ceremony, in which Cooper's No. 21 jersey was flanked by Magic's No. 32 and Worthy's No. 42, took place at halftime of the game that Wembanyama's Spurs won against LeBron James' Lakers.

Michael Cooper, the Pasadena native who was the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year in 1987, was inducted into the Hall of ...

LOS ANGELES — Michael Cooper spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers as a defense-minded guard who always focused on helping his Showtime teammates to be stars. When the Lakers ...

The smile widened on Michael Cooper’s face. Then ... Cooper won five NBA championships with the “Showtime Lakers” for reasons beyond just playing with Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Cooper spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers as a defense-minded guard who always focused on helping his Showtime teammates to be stars. When the Lakers ...

The Los Angeles Lakers honored their most recent Hall of Famer, former five-time "Showtime"-era champion Michael Cooper, with a special jersey retirement ceremony during their 126-102 blowout ...

Michael Cooper spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers as a defense-minded guard who always focused on helping his Showtime teammates to be stars. When the Lakers raised Cooper's No ...

The Los Angeles Lakers honored one of the core members of the ‘Showtime’ era as Michael Cooper saw his No. 21 jersey be placed in the rafters alongside many other franchise legends on Monday ...