TABLE OF CONTENTS FRONT OFFICE Directory 2 Dan Gilbert 4-5 Nate Forbes 6 Jeff Cohen 7 Len Komoroski 8-9 Alan Mowery, Mike Gansey 10 Chris Grant, David Griffin 11 Alex Jensen, Thomas Scott 12 Greg Minor, Michael Gittinger 13 PLAYERS Roster 15 Kevin Anderson 16 Antoine Agudio 17 D’Aundray Brown 18 Micheal Eric 19 Kyle Gibson 20 Jorge Gutierrez 21 Kevin Jones 22 Arinze Onuaku 23 J.P. Primm 24 Titus Robinson 25 Ryan Rossiter 26 Alex Ruoff 27 How the Charge Were Built 28 2011-12 SEASON REVIEW 2011-12 Standings & Attendance 30 2011-12 League Leaders 31 2011-12 Team Statistics 32 2011-12 Charge Statistics 34 2011-12 Charge Record When... 35 2011-12 Season Highs and Lows 36 2011-12 Top Single Game Performances 37 2011-12 Game by Game 38 2011-12 Playoff Statistics 41 2011-12 Playoff Game by Game 42 2011-12 Transactions 43 HISTORY Regular Season Team Records 45 Regular Season Individual Records 46 Regular Season Sundry Records 47 Playoff Team Records 48 Playoff Individual Records 49 Playoff Sundry Records 50 Naming the Team & Logo History 51 Canton Civic Center & Edgewood Community Center 52-53 Draft History 54 MEDIA INFORMATION General Media Information 58 Scott Zurilla, Sean Wyatt, Local Media, YouTube 59 Media Outlets 60 COMMUNITY RELATIONS NBA D-League Cares & Community Relations Programs 63 OPPONENTS Austin Toros / Bakersfield Jam / Erie Bayhawks 65 Fort Wayne Mad Ants / Idaho Stampede / Iowa Energy 66 Los Angeles D-Fenders / Maine Red Claws / Reno Bighorns 67 Rio Grande Valley Vipers / Santa Cruz Warriors / Sioux Falls Skyforce 68 Springfield Armor / Texas Legends / Tulsa 66ers 69 Executive Editor: Sean Wyatt. Editors: Sean Offerdahl & Jeff Schaefer. Graphics: Blaine Fridrick. Photo Credits: NBA Photos, David Liam Kyle, Greg Shamus and Mark Horning ©2012 Canton Charge All NBA Development League and team insignia depicted in this publication are the property of NBA Properties, Inc. and the respective teams of the NBA and may not be reproduced for commercial purposes without the prior written consent of NBA Properties, Inc. The information contained in this publication was compiled by the Canton Charge and is provided as a courtesy to our fans and the press and may be used only for personal or editorial purposes. Any commercial use of this information is prohibited without the prior written consent of the Canton Charge. 2012-13 CANTON CHARGE MEDIA GUIDE | 0 DIRECTORY Chairman/Majority Owner………………………….......………………..….Dan Gilbert Vice Chairman/Minority Owners…….....................…….Jeff Cohen, Nate Forbes Basketball Staff VP of Basketball Operations – Cleveland Cavaliers.…......….David Griffin Director of Development League Operations..………..........…..…Mike Gansey Head Coach……………………………………………....………………..………Alex Jensen Assistant Coach …………………………………………………………..……Thomas Scott Assistant Coach …………………………………………………………............Greg Minor Head Athletic Trainer …………………………………………....…..……Mike Gittinger Basketball Operations Assistant …………………………......………Lamar Skeeter Business Staff Vice President/COO……………………………………………….…………..Alan Mowrey Director of Ticket Sales…………………………………………..……………Rob Minter Group Sales Manager…………………………………………………..…………Emily Blair Group Events Specialist……………..…………………..………………Megan Dulaney Group Events Specialist……………..…………………..…………….………James Hall Business Development Specialist……………………………....………….Wes Warne Business Development Specialist………………………....………………Tare Beaver Account Executive……………………………………………………………Mike Deangelo Account Executive……………………………..……………………………Steve McClave Corporate Partnership Consultant..……..……………......………….Melissa Kovick Corporate Partnership Executive..……..…………………….....……………….Liz Hall Sales and Service Coordinator..……………………………......…………Beth Trainer Manager, Marketing and Game Presentation….............…Marci Saling Lesho Communications Manager…………..………………………..………………Sean Wyatt TEAM INFORMATION Team/Arena Address.................. 1101 Market Avenue North, Canton, OH 44702 Business Phone..............................................................................(330) 489-1701 Business Fax...................................................................................(330) 489-1703 Website......................................................................... www.cantoncharge.com Twitter........................................................................................ @CantonCharge Facebook.....................................................www.facebook.com/CantonCharge Arena (Capacity)...................................Canton Memorial Civic Center (3,942) NBA Affiliate..........................................................................Cleveland Cavaliers 2 | 2012-13 CANTON CHARGE MEDIA GUIDE FRONT OFFICE 2012-13 CANTON CHARGE MEDIA GUIDE DAN GILBERT FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN, QUICKEN LOANS INC. majority owner, cleveland cavaliers Dan Gilbert is Founder and Chairman of Quicken Loans Inc., t nation’s largest online lender and a top-five retail home lender in the United States. Dan is also majority owner of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavalier, the American Hockey League’s Lake Erie Monsters, the NBA Development League’s Canton Charge and the Arena Football League’s Cleveland Gladiators, as well as the operator of Quicken Loans Arena (“The Q”) in Cleveland, Ohio. Quicken Loans closed a company-record $29 billion of home loan volume in 2010. The company, which employs over 5,000 people nationally, was named highest in customer satisfaction among all home loan lenders in the United States in a benchmark study by J.D. Power and Associates for 2010 and 2011. Quicken Loans ranked in the Top-30 of FORTUNE Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” the past eight consecutive years, ranking as high as #2. The company also has been recognized as one of Computerworld Magazine’s “100 Best Places to Work in Technology” the past seven consecutive years, ranking #1 three of those years. Quicken Loans moved its headquarters and 3,700 team members to downtownDetroit, where Dan and the company are helping lead a revitalization of the city’s urban core. The company plans to move another 1,000 team members from the suburbs to the city by early 2012. Dan founded Rock Financial in 1985. The company grew into one of the largest independent mortgage lenders in the country and in the late 1990s, launched its Internet strategy and quickly positioned itself as the fastest growing direct mortgage lender on the Internet. In 2000, software maker Intuit purchased Rock Financial and the company was renamed “Quicken Loans.” Dan stayed on as CEO, leading the company as it became the largest online home lender. QuickenLoans.com has gone on to earn “Best of the Web” accolades from Forbes, Money and PC Magazine. In 2002, Dan led a group and purchased Quicken Loans and its affiliated national title company, Title Source, Inc., back from Intuit. Dan became majority owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2005 and undertook a complete overhaul of the entire organization, installing a new operating philosophy and culture. Shortly after, the Cavaliers won the 2007 Eastern Conference Championship, advancing to the NBA Finals for the first time in the team’s 37-year history. The team finished the 2008-2009 regular season with a franchise record and NBA-best 66 wins and followed that in 2009-2010 with another NBA-best 61-win regular season. The Cavaliers were also recognized by Sports Business Journal as one of the top five most well operated franchises in all of professional sports during the 2009 and 2010 seasons. Dan is a founding partner in private equity group Rockbridge Growth Equity LLC (RBE). The partnership invests in growing businesses in the financial services, Internet technology, consumer-direct marketing, and the sports and entertainment industries. RBE has significant investments in: • Northcentral University, a premier online educational institution; • Protect America, a leading home security company; • Ready Financial, a provider of affordable banking products; • One on One Marketing, a premier educational institution sales lead provider; • MyInsuranceExpert.com, an online life insurance brokerage firm; • Connect America, a direct-to-consumer provider of personal emergency response systems, and • One Reverse Mortgage, a retail national home lender, specializing in reverse mortgages. • In addition, Dan is a principal of Detroit Venture Partners (DVP), a new Detroit-focused venture capital firm that funds start-up and early-stage technology companies in Detroit. Dan is also invested and is involved in the operation of several consumer-based, technology-centered businesses, including: • Fathead, the leader in sports and entertainment graphics; • Veritix, a provider of paperless ticketing; • Xenith, a developer of helmet technology that reduces brain injuries; • ePrize, the leader in the interactive promotions industry; • StyleCaster, a community for all things fashion, beauty and music; and • Quizzle.com, a free on-line personal finance tool. 4 | 2012-13 CANTON CHARGE MEDIA GUIDE Dan and a group of partners successfully backed a state-wide referendum to bring first-class casino gaming to Ohio’s four largest cities in November 2009. Through a joint venture with Caesars Entertainment, the partnership is developing and will operate unique urban based casinos in both Cleveland and Cincinnati. The large-scale developments will include street level accessible restaurants and retail to engage, promote and encourage gaming patrons and others to visit and support existing cultural, nightlife and sports attractions in the downtown areas where