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| Cleveland Charge | |
|---|---|
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| Conference | Eastern |
| League | NBA G League |
| Founded | 2001 |
| History | Huntsville Flight 2001–2005 Albuquerque Thunderbirds 2005–2010 New Mexico Thunderbirds 2010–2011 Canton Charge 2011–2021 Cleveland Charge 2021–present |
| Arena | Public Auditorium Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (temporary) |
| Location | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Team colors | Wine, gold, black, white[1][2][3] |
| Team manager | Brendon Yu[4] |
| Head coach | Chris Darnell |
| Ownership | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Affiliation(s) | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Championships | 1 (2006) |
| Division/Conference titles | 1 (2013) |
| Website | cleveland |
The Cleveland Charge are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Cleveland, and are affiliated with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Since 2024, the team plays its home games at Public Auditorium in downtown Cleveland,[5][6] though to begin the 2024–25 season, home games were played at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (home of the Cavaliers) due to renovations at Public Auditorium.
The franchise was founded in 2001 as the Huntsville Flight, based in Huntsville, Alabama, before moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2005, where they were known as the Albuquerque Thunderbirds until 2010. After playing the 2010–11 season in suburban Rio Rancho as the New Mexico Thunderbirds, the franchise was purchased by the Cavaliers and relocated to Canton, Ohio, where they played as the Canton Charge through the 2020–21 season.
The team has made the championship finals twice, once when playing in Huntsville and the other time when playing in Albuquerque; the team lost in 2004 and won the title in 2006. Since the move to Ohio, they have reached the semifinal round three times in 2012, 2015, and 2016. They are one of three surviving teams from the original eight that first played in the 2001–02 season, and are also one of only four teams to reach the playoffs at least ten times in league history.
- ^ Cleveland Charge Staff (July 28, 2021). "New City, Same Charge!". Cleveland.GLeague.NBA.com (Press release). NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ Cleveland Charge Staff (July 15, 2024). "Charge Glitter in New Gold". Cleveland.GLeague.NBA.com (Press release). NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ "Cleveland Charge Reproduction Guideline Sheet". NBA Properties, Inc. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ "Canton Charge Front Office". Canton.GLeague.NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ^ Langenfield, Danielle. "Cleveland Charge leaving Wolstein Center". Fox 8 Cleveland.com (WJW-TV). Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ "Charge to Begin Play in Downtown Cleveland at CSU's Wolstein Center for 21-22 Season". Canton.GLeague.NBA.com (Press release). NBA Media Ventures, LLC. June 9, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.