Showtime Podcast with Michael Cooper - 5x NBA Lakers Champion

1:09 How much did growing up in the streets get McAdoo, Maxwell and Coop ready to play in the NBA. 7:20 Bob McAdoo's first impression of Chapel Hill, NC and what it was like to meet Dean Smith. 15:30 How did Coop develop his game? 21:40 Cedric Maxwell had to go everyday in practice against Larry "Joe" Bird and how the Bob McAdoo trade built the Celtics. 28:00 Was Cedric Maxwell correct when he said the 80's Lakers teams had a "penny ante" playoff schedule to come out of the West. 33:55

Coop is a five-time NBA champion and was a key member of Lakers’ Showtime era, along with Hall of Fame players such as Magic Johnson, James Worthy and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and as the only person to have won a championship, as either a coach or a player, in the NBA, WNBA, and the NBA D-League he brings a unique perspective to his audience. Legendary Laker swingman, Michael "Coop," Cooper lends his view on today’s game in comparison to how the game was played in the ‘80s. From lighthearted comments