NBA DPOY Winners / 1987

1987 NBA Defensive Player of the Year: Michael Cooper

Michael Cooper won NBA Defensive Player of the Year for the 1986-87 season as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Season1986-87

DPOY WinnerMichael Cooper

TeamLos Angeles Lakers

The 1986-87 NBA Defensive Player of the Year was Michael Cooper of the Los Angeles Lakers. This page is part of CourtSideHeat’s NBA awards database, designed to connect defensive award history with player pages, team pages, quizzes, articles, and merchandise collections.

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