The '5+ NBA First-Team All-Defense' quiz

Happy 70th birthday to eight-time All-NBA selection, 1986-87 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, five-time NBA champion and Class of 2024 Hall of Fame inductee, Michael Cooper!

Cooper was a third-round pick (60th-overall) of the Los Angeles Lakers in 1978 after playing his college basketball at New Mexico. After playing in just three games as a rookie, he appeared in all 82 games for the first of six times in his career in 1979-80. In 1980-81, he was named to his first All-Defense team by making Second Team before making his debut on the First Team the following season. 

Despite being recognized as one of the best defenders in the league in eight-straight seasons, he didn’t win his first Defensive Player of the Year award until 1986-87 en route to his fourth title with Los Angeles. 

Which brings us to today’s quiz. Cooper made First-Team All-Defense in five NBA seasons. How many of the 21 players share that distinction can you name in five minutes?

Good luck!

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