In the history of sports, many franchises have changed cities;  so many in fact that you may not know some of the more famous ones.  In 1903, the original American League Baltimore Orioles headed for New York, where they were called the New York Highlanders until 1913, when they changed their name to the Yankees.  1946, The NBA’s Detroit Gems moved to Minneapolis where they were known as the Lakers, until 1960 when they hit the road for Los Angeles.  The National Hockey League saw the Kansas City Scouts morph into the Colorado Rockies, only to become the New Jersey Devils six years later. Even the NFL has seen the change/change-back routine pulled by the Oakland/Los Angeles/Oakland  Raiders.

But nobody matches the nomadic nature of the Sacramento Kings.

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