The three-time WNBA champion Detroit Shock are
reportedly set to leave Motown and head to Oklahoma.
The Detroit Free Press on Monday quoted a league official who said the move is
already in motion and that the Shock players have already been notified of the
relocation.
According to the paper, a group of investors located in Tulsa revealed they
formally applied to the WNBA to purchase a team. Nolan Richardson, former
men's basketball coach at Arkansas, is involved with the effort and is rumored
to become the new club's head coach.
Once the move goes through, the Shock will set down roots in a city of only
385,000 people, which is the second smallest market in the league next to
Uncasville, CT.
They will become the second pro basketball franchise in Oklahoma, after the
Thunder arrived in Oklahoma City from Seattle prior to the 2008-09 season.
The Shock entered the WNBA in 1998 and took home the league title in 2003,
2006 and 2008, while advancing to the Eastern Conference finals this past
year.
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