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.

The smile widened on Michael Cooper ... Memorial Hall of Fame, Cooper’s outward emotions reflected what this moment meant for him. “Tonight is, to me, more special than the Hall-of-Fame ...

Michael Cooper ... at all," the 68-year-old Cooper said. "I always played for the love of the game, and the team, and winning championships. Tonight is, to me, more special than the Hall of ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind the influential “Harlem Trilogy” of films New Jack City, Sugar Hill and Above the Rim and the man who coined the term New Jack Swing, has died. He was 66.