Lakers news: Michael Cooper is a Lakers icon, but is he a Hall of Famer?

On Saturday, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame will belatedly induct the Class of 2020 (including Kobe Bryant) and announce the Class of 2021. The crop of finalists, obviously, is a decorated list of players and coaches, including nine first-timers: Chris Bosh, Paul Pierce, Rick Adelman, Yolanda Griffith, Bill Russell (as a coach), Lauren Jackson, Jay Wright, and Marianne Stanley. They joined previous finalists Tim Hardaway, Marques Johnson, Ben Wallace, and Chris Webber, and Leta Andrews.