(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1960 1967 1972 1972 1979 1980 – 1982 1985-1988 2000 – 2002 2009 – 2010 Move To Los Angeles – Lakers In 1957, the team was nearly sold to Kansas City interests who planned to relocate it there, before a local group helmed by businessman Bob Short purchased the team and kept it in Minneapolis. …