After they were known as the Rochester Royals and long before they became the Sacramento Kings, the Cincinnati Royals played 15 seasons in the NBA between 1957-72. From the latter years of that era comes this "royal" blue warm-up shirt with red and white lettering and trim. The original ROYALS is stitched across the front, as is the number 9 at the bottom (no player wore number 9 for the Royals during the late 1960s so this could have been for inventory purposes). Late 1960s Sand Knit tags in the collar identify this to be a size 46, and the nameplate is buttoned on the back with LACEY - for Sam Lacey - sewn on the plate, though it is not original to the shirt. The shirt shows nice use with a few small pulls and rips.