Cleveland Cavaliers - Definition and Overview

The Cleveland Cavaliers are a National Basketball Association team based in Cleveland, Ohio.

Founded: 1970

Home Arena: Gund Arena

Uniform colors: Wine, Gold, Dark Blue, and White

Logo design: A gold sword through a stylized "Cavaliers" text on a basketball background.

NBA Championships:

Owner: Dan Gilbert and David Katzman (Recently bought team, takeover in offseason 2005)

Franchise history

Players of note

Basketball Hall of Famers:

• Nate Thurmond
• Lenny Wilkens (Inducted as both player and coach.)

Not to be forgotten:

• Carlos Boozer
• Terrell Brandon
• Jim Chones
• Brad Daughtery
• World B. Free
• Shawn Kemp
• Mark Price
• Campy Russell
• Hot Rod Williams

Retired numbers:

• 7 Bingo Smith
• 22 Larry Nance
• 34 Austin Carr
• 42 Nate Thurmond
• 43 Brad Daugherty

Current stars:

• Zydrunas Ilgauskas
• Luke Jackson
• LeBron James
• Jeff McInnis
• Dajuan Wagner

Coaches and others

Basketball Hall of Famers:

• Wayne Embry (Current team president and first African-American to serve in that role in the NBA; inducted as a contributor.)
• Lenny Wilkens (Inducted as both player and coach.)

External links

• Cleveland Cavaliers official web site (http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/)
• Cleveland Cavaliers/Lebron James Official Summer Pro League web site (http://www.summerproleague.com/)
• AmIAnnoying.com - Cleveland Cavaliers (http://www.amiannoying.com/view.aspx?id=11504&collection=3069)