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 night. This honor came just a couple of months after Cooper was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Cooper was the Lakers’ defensive stopper during that time, making eight NBA All-Defensive teams and winning NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 1987 while helping the team to five NBA Championships in the 1980s. Obviously making the Hall of Fame is special, but Cooper feels that seeing his jersey in the rafters of Crypto.