Rochester Royals
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| 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 |
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| Arena | Golden 1 Center | |||
| Location | Sacramento, California | |||
| Team colors | Purple, slate gray, black, white |
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| 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 | |||
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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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