History of the Royals

The Cincinnati Royals were a professional basketball team that was active in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1957 to 1972. The franchise, which began as the Rochester Royals, moved to Cincinnati in 1957 and became known as the Cincinnati Royals. During their 15-year tenure in Ohio’s Queen City, they made two NBA Finals appearances and won four division titles.

Led by Hall of Fame players such as Oscar Robertson and Jack Twyman, along with other notable stars like Wayne Embry and Jerry Lucas, the Royal teams of this era were some of the most successful teams ever assembled for an NBA franchise located outside New York City or Los Angeles at that time period. In the 1961-62 season under head coach, Paul Seymour led them to an impressive 56–26 record good enough for first place finish in Eastern Division; however, they lost out on the championship title after losing 4–3 against Boston Celtics during playoffs finals series. Despite these successes though, the team never managed to win any championship titles during its stay there.

By 1971 financial difficulties forced owner Bob Carpenter Jr., who had bought majority shares back in 1965, to sell his controlling interest club eventually leading to relocation to Kansas City Missouri where it rebranded itself Kansas City Kings the following year 1973 thus ending fifteen years long association between Cincinnatians & their beloved royal side. Although a brief stint here may have been rather unsuccessful it did produce some memorable moments & legendary names which still remain firmly etched into history books today making them worthy successors original Rochester Royals' side founded in 1948.