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Additionally, to commemorate the team's 50th anniversary season, Nike provided a fifth uniform known as the "Classic Edition," which was a modified version of the team's mid-'90s-era black, blue and orange uniforms. When the Cleveland Cavaliers debuted in the NBA in 1970, the team's original jersey colors were wine and gold. The first jerseys featured the feathered treatment of the letter "C" in "Cavaliers." In 1974, they changed into the classic block lettering and checkerboard pattern that was synonymous to the "Miracle of Richfield" team of 1976. The 1988–89 seasons was the Cavaliers' best season to date, finishing the regular season at 57–25 with a team that included Brad Daugherty, Mark Price, Ron Harper and Larry Nance, and head coach Lenny Wilkens. They had their second 57-win season in 1991–92 and reached the Eastern Conference Finals that year. However, between 1999 and 2005, the Cavaliers failed to make a playoff appearance.
Also included on the Cavs' jerseys is a small Goodyear "Wingfoot" logo, as part of a sponsorship deal with the team. The Cavaliers had the No. 1 pick in the 2003 NBA draft, selecting future NBA MVP LeBron James, a native of nearby Akron. On January 3, 2005, the team was sold to businessman Dan Gilbert for $375 million, and the deal was finalized on March 1, 2005. That year, the team also hired head coach Mike Brown and general manager Danny Ferry.
History
For the 2022–23 season, the "City Edition" uniform is white with tan lettering and numbers and accents of light blue, in honor of the Cleveland Metroparks. The jerseys read "The Land" across the chest, with a light blue circle featuring the Cavs' "C" logo placed between the "L" and "A," similar to how the "V" in the script Cavs logo is used as a basketball hoop. Fans can look forward to a new player introduction video that will set the tone for a nostalgic 50th season as the team honors the past but looks to the future of Cavaliers basketball. On each baseline are black, wine and white hash marks that bookend “Cleveland Cavaliers” in an aggressive wine and black front.
All uniforms have the team motto – "All for one. One for all." – stitched on the inside of the collar and the secondary "Sword C" logo on the side of the pant legs. The logo used is the same piercing sword logo, updated to the classic wine-and-gold scheme. During the latter half of the 1980s and through much of the 1990s, the Cavs were a regular playoff contender – led by players such as Mark Price and Brad Daugherty – and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals in 1992. After the team's playoff appearance in the 1997–98 season, however, the Cavs had six consecutive losing seasons with no playoff action.
Rough Draft
After failing to return to the NBA Finals in the ensuing three seasons, James joined the Miami Heat in 2010. As a result, the Cavaliers finished the 2010–11 season last in the conference, enduring a 26-game losing streak, the second-longest in NBA history. Between 2010 and 2014, however, the team won the top pick in the NBA draft lottery three times – first in 2011 where they selected Kyrie Irving, and again in 2013 and 2014. During Stepien's tenure, the Cavaliers made a practice of trading future draft picks for marginal veteran players.
The orange version of the uniform was used again in the 2006–07 and 2016–17 seasons, as part of the respective 20th and 30th anniversaries of the 1986–87 team. The blue versions were worn in the 2009–10 season as part of the franchise's 40th anniversary and as a tribute to the 1988–89 team. While the Heat had a 224–88 record during James' four-year tenure and won NBA titles in 2012 and 2013, the Cavaliers went 97–215 and missed the playoffs each season.
DG and Don's Strong Offensive Outings Help Cavs to a Win
WTAM (1100 AM/106.9 FM) and WMMS (100.7 FM) currently serve as the flagship stations for the Cavaliers AudioVerse. Tim Alcorn and former Cavaliers star Jim Chones are the radio team, with WTAM morning co-host/sports director Mike Snyder hosting the pregame/halftime/postgame shows. Former Ohio State standout and NBA player Brad Sellers joins Snyder for the postgame show. The white Association uniform features a wine-colored "V-net" logo trimmed in gold across the front, wine names and numbers trimmed in gold, and a wine primary "Cavs C" logo on left leg of the shorts. Cavaliers forward and Akron native LeBron James, who was the first overall pick of the 2003 NBA draft.
The Cavaliers finished the 2002–03 season 17–65, tied for the worst record in the NBA. The Cavaliers opened their inaugural season by losing their first 15 games and struggled in their early years, placing no better than sixth in the Eastern Conference during their first five seasons. The team won their first Central Division title in 1976, which also marked the first winning season and playoff appearance in franchise history, where they advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals. Stepien's tenure as owner was marked by six coaching changes, questionable trades and draft decisions, and poor attendance, leading to $15 million in financial losses. The Cavs went 66–180 over the course of those three seasons and endured a 24-game losing streak spanning the 1981–82 and 1982–83 seasons. In the 1999–2000 season, the Cavaliers opted to go for a cleaner look, eliminating the splash and adding an orange and blue line that runs through the shorts.
Wine, metallic gold and black
They made playoff appearances in the following two seasons before a six-year playoff drought. For the 2018–19 season, the "City Edition" uniform was orange and blue in a zigzag/slash pattern (reminiscent of the '90s-era uniforms) with white letters and numbers, and featured a script "Cleveland" across the front of the jersey. On the right pant leg, an outline of the Great Lakes is featured with the slogan "1 OUT OF 5 GREATS." For the home games in which these uniforms were worn, the floor at Quicken Loans Arena was modified with an orange and blue design, as well.
A modernized swashbuckling cavalier logo was later used by the Cavaliers' NBA Development League affiliate, the Canton Charge. The "Miracle of Richfield" gold uniforms were used again in the 2015–16 season on special "Hardwood Classic" nights to commemorate the Miracle of Richfield team's 40th-anniversary celebration. After four seasons with the Heat and having won back-to-back titles in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, James returned to the Cavs in 2014 and led the team to four straight NBA Finals appearances. In 2016, the Cavaliers won their first NBA Championship, marking Cleveland's first major sports title since 1964. The 2016 NBA Finals victory over the Golden State Warriors marked the first time in Finals history a team had come back to win the series after trailing, 3–1.
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse can be read on each half court and the east sideline features “Cavs.com” near the home bench and the team’s social media handle “@Cavs” at the visitor’s bench with the NBA logo positioned at the half court line. The Cavaliers hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA. A drafted player – either an international draftee or a college draftee who is not signed by the team that drafted him – is allowed to sign with any non-NBA teams. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends.
After a 19–win season in 2010–11, the Cavaliers began a rebuild around Kyrie Irving, whom they selected first overall in the 2011 NBA Draft. The Cleveland Cavaliers are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland. The Cavaliers compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team began play as an expansion team in 1970, along with the Portland Trail Blazers and Buffalo Braves.
2022 Cavaliers' "V-net" logo - a modified version of similar logos used in the 80s and 90s. Here’s another matchup between teams that have yet to break through but are gearing up with promising rookies. Zion Williamson will already be a few months into his professional career, and presumably the front runner for Rookie of the Year. If you’re a Cleveland fan and feeling particularly lucky, this might be the game that turns your ten dollars into a large chunk of money. The Cavaliers are guaranteed to be massive underdogs when Giannis Antentokounmpo and the Bucks come into town, but crazier things have happened in the NBA.
Fans can explore eight new social destinations that offer a variety of food and beverage options before and during events. Each neighborhood features an array of food options and open space with tables for mingling and enjoying Cavs home games with friends and family. An exciting new experience of sights, sounds, great food and social destinations awaits fans at the FieldHouse as the Cavs tip-off a season that will hold many trips down memory lane for everyone. Every fan in attendance will receive a black 50th Season Celebration Opening Night T-shirt presented by Cleveland Clinic, inspired by the Classic Edition uniform. United StatesBelmontThe Cavaliers held two first-round draft picks, including the fifth pick earned from the lottery.
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