American minor league basketball team of the NBA G League
Cleveland Charge
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
Wolstein Center
Location
Cleveland, Ohio
Team colors
Wine, gold, white[1][2]
Team manager
Brendon Yu[3]
Head coach
Mike Gerrity
Ownership
Cleveland Cavaliers
Affiliation(s)
Cleveland Cavaliers
Championships
1 (2006)
Division/Conference titles
1 (2013)
Website
cleveland.gleague.nba.com
The Cleveland Charge are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Cleveland, and are affiliated with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The team plays its home games at the Wolstein Center in downtown Cleveland.[4]
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.
^"New City, Same Charge!". Canton.GLeague.NBA.com (Press release). NBA Media Ventures, LLC. July 28, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021. The franchise is keeping the Charge name and logo featuring the sword-wielding Cavalier and now proudly adds "Cleveland" to the logo representing the team's new home in their traditional wine & gold colors
^"Cleveland Charge Reproduction Guideline Sheet". NBA Properties, Inc. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
^"Canton Charge Front Office". Canton.GLeague.NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
^"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.
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