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    Magic Johnson raves about Michael Cooper making it into Hall of Fame

    LOS ANGELES — Magic Johnson answered his cell on the first ring and in a nanosecond his excitement was at a fever pitch. "My boy made it! My boy made it! My boy Coop made the Hall of Fame!" Johnson exclaimed. "Damn! I was hollering, man, when I heard it. I couldn't believe it. I was so excited for him, man." His "boy" is Michael Cooper, the defensive virtuoso on those dominant Lakers ...
    by Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times Apr 06, 2024 4 minutes
    Michael Cooper of the Los Angeles Lakers on the court before an NBA game at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California, in 1988..

    LOS ANGELES — Magic Johnson answered his cell on the first ring and in a nanosecond his excitement was at a fever pitch.

    "My boy made it! My boy made it! My boy Coop made the Hall of Fame!" Johnson exclaimed. "Damn! I was hollering, man, when I heard it. I couldn't believe it. I was so excited for him, man."

    His "boy" is Michael Cooper, the defensive virtuoso on those dominant Lakers championship teams in the 1980s who indeed has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

    The announcement was made Saturday, but Johnson had been overjoyed for a

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