Detroit, MI -- (Sports Network) - 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.