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Rochester Royals

Sacramento Kings
2016–17 Sacramento Kings season
Sacramento Kings logo
Conference Western
Division Pacific
Founded 1948
History Rochester Royals
1948–1957
Cincinnati Royals
1957–1972
Kansas City-Omaha Kings
1972–1975
Kansas City Kings
1975–1985
Sacramento Kings
1985–present
Arena Golden 1 Center
Location Sacramento, California
Team colors Purple, slate gray, black, white
                   
Team manager Vlade Divac
Head coach Dave Joerger
Ownership Vivek Ranadivé
Affiliation(s) Reno Bighorns
Championships 1 (1951)
Conference titles 1 (1951)
Division titles 3 (1979, 2002, 2003)
Retired numbers 11 (1, 2, 4, 6, 11, 12, 14, 16, 21, 27, 44)
Website kings.com
Uniforms
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Away jersey
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The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Kings are the only team in the major professional North American sports leagues located in Sacramento. The team play its home games at the Golden 1 Center.

The Kings are the oldest franchise in the NBA, and one of the oldest continuously operating professional basketball franchises in the nation. They originated in Rochester, New York as the Rochester Seagrams (a semi-professional team) in 1923 and joined the National Basketball League in 1945 as the Rochester Royals. They jumped to the Basketball Association of America, forerunner of the NBA, in 1948. As the Royals, the team was often successful on the court, winning the NBA championship in 1951. However, they found it increasingly difficult to turn a profit in the comparatively small market of Rochester, and relocated to Cincinnati in 1957, becoming the Cincinnati Royals. In 1972, the team relocated to Kansas City, Missouri, and was renamed as the Kansas City-Omaha Kings because it initially split their home games between Kansas City and Omaha, Nebraska. In 1975, the Kings ceased playing home games in Omaha and simply became the Kansas City Kings. The team again failed to find success in that market, and moved to Sacramento in 1985.


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