After the 1984-85 NBA season, the Kansas City Kings left the middle-America city and headed for the west coast. More than 30 years later, the city is one again looking to be the host for an NBA team, even if it’s for only a single season.
On Tuesday, a number of political leaders from the states of Missouri and Kansas wrote a joint-letter to NBA commissioner Adam Silver, as well as to the Toronto Raptors ownership group, expressing their interest in hosting the Raptors, should they seek a temporary home in 2020-21. In the letter they write that Kansas City’s sports fans “are unmatched, already proving an avid fanbase for the Chiefs, the Royals, Sporting—and would be eager to extend that support to the Raptors.