{"product_id":"limited-edition-autographed-michael-cooper-basketball","title":"Limited Edition Autographed Michael Cooper Basketball","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelected by the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_Lakers\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_Lakers\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLos Angeles Lakers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e in the third round of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1978_NBA_draft\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1978_NBA_draft\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e1978 NBA draft\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e with the 60th overall pick,[6] Cooper became an integral part of their \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Showtime_(basketball)\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Showtime_(basketball)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eShowtime\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e teams of the 1980s with his defensive skills. In a twelve-year career, he was named to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBA_All_Defensive_Team\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBA_All_Defensive_Team\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNBA All Defensive Team\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e eight times, including five first-team selections. Cooper and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norm_Van_Lier\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norm_Van_Lier\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNorm Van Lier\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e have the most defensive selections of any player to not be inducted into the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naismith_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"5\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naismith_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNaismith Basketball Hall of Fame\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.[\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:No_original_research\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"6\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:No_original_research\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eoriginal research?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e] He was named a finalist in 2022.[7] He won the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBA_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"7\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NBA_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e in 1987. He, along with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"8\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKareem Abdul-Jabbar\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magic_Johnson\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"9\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magic_Johnson\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMagic Johnson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, was a member of five Lakers championship teams in 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, and 1988.[8]\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Choochootracks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40143990653009,"sku":"","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0043\/4454\/5353\/products\/thumbnail_image006_1.jpg?v=1663096115","url":"https:\/\/aibuy-prod-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/limited-edition-autographed-michael-cooper-basketball","provider":"aibuy-prod-demo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}