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USA Today
a day ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Michael Cooper on how Showtime Lakers of the 1980s were a 'super team'
Michael Cooper on how Showtime Lakers of the 1980s were a 'super team' In the modern era of the NBA, there has been lots of talk about so-called "super teams." This talk started in earnest when LeBron James took his talents to the Miami Heat and brought Chris Bosh with him to team up with Dwyane Wade in 2010. For three seasons prior to that, the Boston Celtics had what some also consider a "super team" that consisted of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo, although none of them made their way to Boston via free agency. If one wants to expand the definition of what could be considered a "super team," the Los Angeles Lakers had the first one. Throughout the 1960s, they had guard Jerry West and forward Elgin Baylor, and in 1968, they traded for Wilt Chamberlain. That trio wasn't extremely successful —the Lakers lost twice in the NBA Finals in their first two seasons with the three Hall of Famers, and they only won it all in 1972 after Baylor retired early that season. Of course, years later, they won five world titles in the 1980s with a galaxy of stars and difference-makers. One of them was Michael Cooper, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame last year. In an interview with Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson, he said that those Lakers teams would be considered a "super team" by modern standards. "I think that whole era in the 80's we won," Cooper said. "We went to the NBA Finals 9 times. People don't understand that — from 1980 to 1991, we went to the Finals nine times. And we won it five times. And we went through a lot of tough, talented teams. You look at it for us, we had the Seattle Supersonics when they won the championship in '79. We dethroned them in 1980. You had George 'Iceman' Gervin and the A-Train (Artis Gilmore), you had Portland the team that they had up there with Mychal Thompson and Clyde Drexler; you had the Utah Jazz with Karl Malone and John Stockton just to name a few, ok? Then you look at the East. You had Detroit. You had Boston. You had the Sixers (Philadelphia 76ers). You had Cleveland. You had Atlanta with Dominique [Wilkins] and the group that he had. So we went through some very good teams, you know? Fortunately, we only had to play one of the East teams one time for the championship but the things that we did and we were able to do throughout the 80's, I would call us a super team for sure." Those Lakers teams were led by Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, both of whom are universally considered two of the five to 10 greatest players in basketball history. For most of the era, they also had forward James Worthy, a Hall of Famer who was named the finals MVP in 1988. Los Angeles also had Hall of Famers in forward Jamaal Wilkes and Bob McAdoo during the early-to-mid 1980s. Cooper identified one big difference between his Lakers teams and James' Heat squads. "But I think the difference between our team and any other team — and the Miami team, I'm not saying that they weren't a great team because LeBron and Wade and Shaq (Shaquille O'Neal) there that damn sure was a super team but, we RAN! And we ran consistently and we practiced to run so, we may have a lull of two or three minutes in the game but for 46 minutes, we're gonna run you to death! [laughs] We're gonna get up and down the floor, we're gonna play defense — even though people don't see us because when you talk about Showtime Lakers, you talk about Magic's no-look passes, Worthy swooping to the hoop, a Coop-A-Loop, Kareem's skyhook, Magic's drive… but you didn't see us as a defensive team but, we were a very VERY good defensive team and that's why it enabled us to be in so many games as we did. But you know what? We were gonna run you. We were gonna push tempo. Magic was the best at this all the time. Even if you score, if you score we're coming back at you and probably most of the time and I would say eight out 10 times, we were scoring in four seconds back at you. So we would always catch you off guard because not only were we going to run you and get back on defense but now we're gonna get up on you and pressure you full court. And if you're a running team, it's gonna take its toll somewhere along the line and if you're a walking team or a halfcourt team — with us scoring a quick 8-10 points that changes your style of play. You gotta run to get back in the game." In four seasons with Miami, James won two championships in 2012 and 2013. At times, especially during the 2012-13 campaign, Miami looked incredible, but most would consider the Showtime Lakers to be on another level entirely.
National Post
a day ago
- Business
- National Post
Dream Office REIT Announces June 2025 Monthly Distribution
Article content TORONTO — DREAM OFFICE REIT (TSX: ('Dream Office' or the 'Trust') today announced its June 2025 monthly distribution of 8.333 cents ($1.00 annualized) per REIT Unit, Series A ('REIT A Units'). The June distribution will be payable on July 15, 2025 to unitholders of record as at June 30, 2025. Article content Dream Office REIT is an unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment trust. Dream Office REIT is a premier office landlord in downtown Toronto with over 3.5 million square feet owned and managed. We have carefully curated an investment portfolio of high-quality assets in irreplaceable locations in one of the finest office markets in the world. For more information, please visit our website at Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content Contacts Article content For further information, please contact: Article content Michael J. Cooper Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (416) 365-5145 mcooper@
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Dream Unlimited Corp. Announces Voting Results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
TORONTO, June 03, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DREAM UNLIMITED CORP. (TSX: DRM) ("Dream") announced that, at its annual meeting of shareholders (the "Meeting") held today, all of the nominees for election of directors of Dream (the "Board") referred to in its management information circular for the Meeting were elected. Votes cast on this matter were as follows: Nominee Votes For % Votes For Votes Withheld % Votes Withheld Michael Cooper 188,217,072 99.30 1,326,923 0.70 James Eaton 189,452,984 99.95 91,011 0.05 Joanne Ferstman 189,383,492 99.92 160,503 0.08 Richard Gateman 189,321,170 99.88 222,825 0.12 Jane Gavan 189,269,538 99.86 274,457 0.14 Duncan Jackman 183,001,359 96.55 6,542,636 3.45 Jennifer Lee Koss 189,381,150 99.91 162,845 0.09 Vincenza Sera 188,076,484 99.23 1,467,511 0.77 At the Meeting, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was appointed as the auditor of Dream and its subsidiaries for the ensuing year, and the Board was authorized to fix the remuneration of the auditor. Votes cast on this matter were as follows: Votes For % Votes For Votes Withheld % Votes Withheld PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 189,952,485 99.94 109,318 0.06 At the Meeting, shareholders approved a resolution amending Dream's deferred share incentive plan to increase the number of deferred share units and income deferred share units that may be granted or credited under the plan by a further 300,000 units. Votes cast on this matter were as follows: Votes For % Votes For Votes Against % Votes Against Amendment to Deferred Share Incentive Plan 183,196,447 96.65 6,347,548 3.35 About Dream Unlimited Corp. Dream has an established and successful asset management business, inclusive of $28 billion of assets under management as at March 31, 2025 across four Toronto Stock Exchange listed trusts, our private asset management business and numerous partnerships. We are a leading developer of exceptional real estate assets across Canada and Europe, including income properties that will be held for the long term as they are completed. We also develop land for sale in Western Canada. Dream has a proven track record for being innovative and for our ability to source, structure and execute on compelling investment opportunities. For more information, please visit our website at View source version on Contacts For further information, please contact: Dream Unlimited Corp. Meaghan PelosoChief Financial Officer(416) 365-6322mpeloso@ Kim LefeverDirector, Investor Relations(416) 365-6339klefever@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
03-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Dream Unlimited Corp. Announces Voting Results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- DREAM UNLIMITED CORP. (TSX: DRM) ('Dream') announced that, at its annual meeting of shareholders (the ' Meeting ') held today, all of the nominees for election of directors of Dream (the ' Board ') referred to in its management information circular for the Meeting were elected. Votes cast on this matter were as follows: Nominee Votes For % Votes For Votes Withheld % Votes Withheld Michael Cooper 188,217,072 99.30 1,326,923 0.70 James Eaton 189,452,984 99.95 91,011 0.05 Joanne Ferstman 189,383,492 99.92 160,503 0.08 Richard Gateman 189,321,170 99.88 222,825 0.12 Jane Gavan 189,269,538 99.86 274,457 0.14 Duncan Jackman 183,001,359 96.55 6,542,636 3.45 Jennifer Lee Koss 189,381,150 99.91 162,845 0.09 Vincenza Sera 188,076,484 99.23 1,467,511 0.77 Expand At the Meeting, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was appointed as the auditor of Dream and its subsidiaries for the ensuing year, and the Board was authorized to fix the remuneration of the auditor. Votes cast on this matter were as follows: At the Meeting, shareholders approved a resolution amending Dream's deferred share incentive plan to increase the number of deferred share units and income deferred share units that may be granted or credited under the plan by a further 300,000 units. Votes cast on this matter were as follows: About Dream Unlimited Corp. Dream has an established and successful asset management business, inclusive of $28 billion of assets under management as at March 31, 2025 across four Toronto Stock Exchange listed trusts, our private asset management business and numerous partnerships. We are a leading developer of exceptional real estate assets across Canada and Europe, including income properties that will be held for the long term as they are completed. We also develop land for sale in Western Canada. Dream has a proven track record for being innovative and for our ability to source, structure and execute on compelling investment opportunities. For more information, please visit our website at
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Dream Industrial REIT Announces Voting Results of Annual Meeting of Unitholders
TORONTO, June 03, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DREAM INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST (TSX: ("Dream Industrial REIT" or the "REIT") announced that, at its annual meeting of unitholders (the "Meeting") held today, all of the nominees for election as trustees of the REIT (the "Trustees") referred to in its management information circular for the Meeting were elected. Votes cast on this matter were as follows: Nominee Votes For % Votes For Votes Withheld % Votes Withheld Dr. R. Sacha Bhatia 179,323,536 99.49 918,457 0.51 Michael Cooper 151,459,345 84.03 28,782,647 15.97 Armen Farian 179,319,428 99.49 922,565 0.51 Alison Harnick 169,319,533 93.94 10,922,459 6.06 Alexander Sannikov 176,722,739 98.05 3,519,254 1.95 Vicky Schiff 176,464,212 97.90 3,777,780 2.10 Jennifer Scoffield 179,251,601 99.45 990,392 0.55 Vincenza Sera 171,509,251 95.15 8,732,741 4.85 At the Meeting, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was appointed auditor of the REIT and its subsidiaries for the ensuing year, and the Trustees were authorized to fix the remuneration of the auditor. Votes cast on this matter were as follows: Votes For % Votes For Votes Withheld % Votes Withheld PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 178,744,807 99.02 1,768,450 0.98 About Dream Industrial REIT Dream Industrial REIT is an owner, manager, and operator of a global portfolio of well-located, diversified industrial properties. As at March 31, 2025, Dream Industrial REIT has an interest in and manages a portfolio which comprises 336 industrial assets (549 buildings) totalling approximately 72.6 million square feet of gross leasable area in key markets across Canada, Europe, and the U.S. Dream Industrial REIT's objective is to deliver strong total returns to its unitholders through secure distributions as well as growth in net asset value and cash flow per unit underpinned by its high-quality portfolio and investment grade balance sheet. Dream Industrial REIT is an unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment trust. For more information, please visit our website at View source version on Contacts For further information:Dream Industrial REIT Alexander SannikovPresident and Chief Executive Officer(416) 365-4106asannikov@ Lenis QuanChief Financial Officer(416) 365-2353lquan@ Sign in to access your portfolio
