2019-20 Canton Charge Media Guide
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Front office Directory Dan Gilbert Koby Altman Mike Levy / Brendon Yu Nate Reinking / Bryan Tibaldi / Kendall Chones Tyler Neal / Austin Peterson Kevin Kamlowsky / Josh Wiemels / Brandon Joyner Players Roster Muhannad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman / Marques Bolden Tyler Cook / Alan Herndon Sheldon Mac / J.P. Macura Malik Newman / Sir’Dominic Pointer Levi Randolph / Alex Robinson Alex Stein / Dean Wade History Charge Regular Season Team Records Charge Regular Season Individual Records Charge Regular Season Sundry Records Charge Team Playoff Records Charge Individual Playoff Records Charge Playoff Sundry Records Media Information Sean Wyatt / Scott Zurilla General Media Information Canton Memorial Civic Center Edgewood Community Center Opponents Agua Caliente Clippers / Austin Spurs / Capital City Go-Go College Park Skyhawks / Delaware Blue Coats / Erie BayHawks Fort Wayne Mad Ants / Grand Rapids Drive / Greensboro Swarm Iowa Wolves / Lakeland Magic / Long Island Nets Maine Red Claws / Memphis Hustle / Norther Arizona Suns Oklahoma City Blue / Raptors 905 / Rio Grande Valley Vipers Salt Lake City Stars / Santa Cruz Warriors / Sioux Falls SkyForce South Bay Lakers / Stockton Kings / Texas Legends Westchester Knicks / Windy City Bulls / Wisconsin Herd Executive Editors: Joanna Radov & Sean Wyatt Photo Credits: NBA Photos, David Liam Kyle, Greg Shamus and Mark Horning ©2015 Canton Charge All NBA G 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. Front Office Staff DAN GILBERT - CHAIRMAN MIKE LEVY – PRESIDENT SEAN WYATT – SR. DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS JOANNA RADOV – MANGER, COMMUNITY RELATIONS ROCCO MARAGAS – DIRECTOR, MARKETING PARTNERSHIPS & BUSINESS OPERATIONS JAN BURKE – DIRECTOR, TICKET SALES & SERVICE KEITH DEA – MANAGER, TICKET OPERATIONS FRED BALDWIN – MANAGER, TICKET SALES & SERVICE JORDAN HAYDEN – ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, TICKET SALES & SERVICE PAUL KETTERER – ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, TICKET SALES & SERVICE AUSTIN STEPHENS – ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, TICKET SALES & SERVICE ERIC ZENO – ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, TICKET SALES & SERVICE Basketball Operations Staff KOBY ALTMAN – GENERAL MANAGER (CLEVELAND CAVALIERS) MIKE GANSEY – ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER (CLEVELAND CAVALIERS) BRENDON YU – DIRECTOR OF G LEAGUE OPERATIONS NATE REINKING - HEAD COACH KENDALL CHONES – ASSISTANT COACH TYLER NEAL - ASSISTANT COACH BRYAN TIBALDI – ASSISTANT COACH AUSTIN PETERSON – ASSISTANT COACH JAKE LARAVIE — COACHING SEASONAL ASSISTANT TEAM INFORMATION Team/Arena Address 1101 Market Avenue North, Canton, OH 44702 Business Phone/Fax (330) 489-1701 / (330) 489-1703 Website www.cantoncharge.com Twitter @CantonCharge Facebook www.facebook.com/CantonCharge Arena (Capacity) 3,942 NBA Affiliate Cleveland Cavaliers DAN GILBERT– MAJORITY OWNER, CLEVELAND CAVALIERS Dan Gilbert is Founder and Chairman of Quicken Loans, the nation’s largest mortgage lender. He is also Founder and Chairman of the Rock Family of Companies, a portfolio of technology businesses and real estate investments, and Chairman of the Cleveland Cavaliers. In 2016, the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA championship. The Rock Family of Companies and its more than 100 affiliated businesses across the country employ more than 30,000 team members, including more than 17,000 in Detroit’s urban core. From 2013 through 2018, Detroit-based Quicken Loans closed nearly half a trillion dollars in home loan volume across all 50 states, and in 2018, for the ninth consecutive year, earned J.D. Power’s highest rating for client satisfaction among all U.S. mortgage lenders. Dan is also an active investor in fintech, sports-related and consumer direct companies. Dan is a Founder and Principal of Detroit Venture Partners (DVP), a venture capital firm that funds startup and early- stage technology companies and a Founding Partner of Detroit-based private equity group Rockbridge Growth Equity. In February 2016, Dan co-founded Detroit-based StockX, the world’s first ‘stock market of things’, combining the visible, liquid, anonymous, and transparent benefits of a stock market with the online consumer secondary market. Dan began moving his Family of Companies to Detroit’s business district in 2010 in an effort to help lead the transformation of a great American city. In 2011, Dan co-founded Detroit-based Bedrock, a full-service real estate firm specializing in acquiring, leasing, financing, and managing commercial and residential space. Since its founding, Bedrock and its affiliates have invested and committed more than $5.6 billion to acquiring and developing more than 100 properties, including new construction of ground up developments in downtown Detroit and Cleveland, totaling more than 18 million square feet. In September 2013, Dan was named co-chair of the Blight Removal Task Force. The group, appointed by the Obama Administration, published a detailed plan in May 2014 to remove all blighted structures and lots in the city of Detroit. Dan serves on the boards of the Cleveland Clinic and the Children’s Tumor Foundation. In 2015, Dan and Jennifer Gilbert established the Gilbert Family Foundation and in 2017, formed ‘NF Forward’ to fund cutting-edge research dedicated to finding a cure for neurofibromatosis (NF). Dan earned his bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and his law degree from Wayne State University. KOBY ALTMAN– GENERAL MANAGER, CLEVELAND CAVALIERS Koby Altman was named the 11th General Manager in Cleveland Cavaliers history on July 24, 2017. As the GM, he manages and oversees all aspects of scouting, personnel, player acquisitions and transactions, and all team operations. He also oversees the Cavaliers’ exclusive NBA G League affiliate, the Canton Charge. With community involvement being integral to Altman’s focus with the team, he also guides the team’s player appearance committee in partnership with the business side of the Cavs organization. Altman has been a member of the Cavs basketball front office for the past seven years, most recently serving as Assistant General Manager, having been promoted to that position in September 2016. He has been an essential part of a front office that formulated a roster and coaching staff that have been to three straight NBA Finals (2015-2017), including winning the NBA Championship in 2016. Altman has also led the team’s front office this past summer, inking 12-time NBA All-Star and three-time NBA champion Dwyane Wade, three-time NBA All-Star and former MVP Derrick Rose, Jose Calderon and Jeff Green as free agents. He also signed Cedi Osman, whose draft rights were held by the Cavaliers. Altman led the way in acquiring one of the top five candidates for the 2016-17 MVP award, Isaiah Thomas, along with Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and Brooklyn’s 2018 unprotected first round pick. Altman originally joined the Cavaliers as pro personnel manager in August 2012 and was promoted to director of pro player personnel in September 2013. In that role, Altman was tasked with talent evaluation of athletes across all levels of basketball, both domestically and abroad. In addition, Altman coordinated the Cavs’ domestic professional scouting efforts and assisted in all aspects the teams basketball operations. He has extensive experience with the USA Basketball program. In the summer of 2010, he served as the Team Manager for USA Basketball’s Under-17 team at the inaugural FIBA Under-17 World Championship in Hamburg, Germany. That 17-and-under squad won the first gold medal to ever be awarded for that age group and featured three players selected among the top 10 in the 2012 NBA Draft. In 2009, he assisted Team USA’s 19-and-under team in the FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Auckland, New Zealand. That squad also won the gold, its first in that age group since 1991. Prior to joining the Cavaliers, Altman served as an assistant coach at The Ivy League’s Columbia University for two seasons, where he also led Columbia’s developmental basketball program. Altman spent the 2009- 10 season at Southern Illinois as a graduate assistant after earning his master’s degree in sport management at the University of Massachusetts. While earning his degree at UMASS, he coached at nearby Amherst College for two seasons and helped guide the team to a 48-11 record. Altman, a Brooklyn, New York native, played collegiately at Middlebury College, where he was a three-year starter at point guard. MIKE LEVY – PRESIDENT Mike Levy enters his sixth season with the Canton Charge after being named President prior to the start of 2019-20 season. In his first season, the Canton Charge set numerous attendance records, including both the single game attendance record and overall season attendance record. Levy brings more than 30 years of sports and entertainment experience in marketing, sales, communications, operations and management to the Charge. Levy’s experience includes his roles in the NFL, NBA, MLB, WNBA, AFL, and the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Levy comes to Canton from Spokane, Washington where he served as team president for the Spokane Shock of the Arena Football League. In August of 2010, Levy was named President of the Los Angeles