After enjoying nearly a decade of intense practice battles, strong on-court chemistry and five NBA championship runs, Los ...

Decades after anchoring the Showtime Lakers' perimeter defense, Michael Cooper joins that era's stars in the rafters.

He’s is a very difficult person to deal with. I played with him for years, so I know that when it’s time for you to move in ...

This past Monday night, the Lakers decided to raise Michael Cooper's No. 21 jersey to the rafters of the Crypto.com and retire his number.

At halftime of Monday's game between the Lakers and Spurs, Michael Cooper had his No. 21 jersey retired onto the wall at ...

The Associated Press Michael Cooper, a Hall of Famer and Lakers ... on the wall of honor at their downtown arena between Magic Johnson’s No. 32 and James Worthy’s No. 42.

Michael Cooper's No. 21 jersey now hangs between Magic Johnson's No. 32 and James Worthy's No. 42. (Photo by Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images) Cooper is still wildly popular in his native Los Angeles ...

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 spent his entire career with the ... No. 21 jersey on the wall of honor at their downtown arena between Magic Johnson's No. 32 and James Worthy's No. 42. It's an appropriate ...