2021-22 Season

The search is on for talented men and women to join the Cavs PowerHouse Dance Team and Scream Team for the 2022-23 season! All qualified dancers and performers who have what it takes to perform in front of fans at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse are invited to join the region’s top talent at the first round of auditions in June. Candidates must be at least 18 years of age. Pre-registration is highly encouraged and can be completed on Cavs.com/Entertainment.

WHERE: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, 1 Center Court, Cleveland, OH 4415 (enter through the Cleveland-Cliffs Entrance on the corner of Huron and East 6th).

WHAT: The Cavs PowerHouse Dance Team is a precision dance troupe open to both men and women performers. This is a competitive level team featuring tricks, tumbling and extremely dynamic choreography. Candidates will be asked to demonstrate dance, performance and speaking skills.

To learn more about PowerHouse Dance Team auditions or to pre-register, visit: Cavs.com/Entertainment/PowerHouse/Auditions.

WHERE: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, 1 Center Court, Cleveland, OH 44115 (enter through the Cleveland-Cliffs Entrance on the corner of Huron and East 6th).

WHAT: The fan-favorite Scream Team is a co-ed group of animated, street-style hip-hop dancers known for their gravity-defying break-dance stunts, head spins and impressive moves. Full of energy and excitement, they have an unbelievable ability to wow fans on-and-off the court. Dancers will be evaluated on several criteria including energy, dance technique and professionalism.

To learn more about Scream Team auditions or to pre-register, visit: Cavs.com/Entertainment/ScreamTeam/Auditions.

Special Opportunity! Scream Team Pre-Audition Dance Party Jam

WHERE: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (enter through the Cleveland-Cliffs Entrance on the corner of Huron and East 6th).

WHAT: Attendees can prepare for the Scream Team audition and put their skills to the test at a FREE dance party jam and battle led by Scream Team coach and world-renown breaker Daisun Santana! No pre-registration necessary.

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Cavs Hold Dance and Entertainment Auditions for 2022-23 Season

The Cleveland Cavaliers are on the Top 25 Most Innovative Sports Teams List for 2022 as named by Sports Innovative Lab. The Cavs are ranked No. 17, above the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL and behind Olympique Lyonnais, a French soccer team in Ligue 1. Below is a look at the determining metrics and the full list of teams.

Sports teams and leagues are not all the same. Throughout the history of professional sports, differing governance structures and organizational models have developed, which means that no two leagues are exactly the same when it comes to innovation.

Throughout our analysis of team innovation for this report, we continuously examine how the decisions and control, or the lack thereof, impacts innovation at the team level. Indeed, after the publication of last year’s Top 25 Most Innovative Teams report, we had many conversations with teams on the Top 25 list, and one of the most frequent topics in those conversations was governance—what are teams allowed to do to innovate, and what is restricted or managed by the league.

A pattern has emerged in our ongoing analysis: older teams, like European Association Football (soccer) teams, tend to benefit from a higher level of autonomy than North American sports teams that have been founded in the last century. Specifically, North American sports leagues have
a more centralized, league-controlled approach to certain partnerships and sponsorships that can make it difficult for teams to forge their own path forward on innovation. That said, autonomy is not the only, or even necessarily recommended, approach to innovation, as our analysis shows that centralizing innovation authority at the league level can potentially benefit all teams in a league, thus limiting the gap between the richest teams in the world and those that have less discretionary revenue to invest into innovation.

This year’s Top 25 Most Innovative Teams in the World list illuminates this trend and the comparison of these two approaches. While the top of the list is dominated by Association Football teams, when we look across the leaguewide averages, we see a more even distribution of innovation success that benefits all.

What is clear is that balancing autonomy and control is of critical importance for sports leagues pushing into the Age of the Fluid Fan.

Three metrics were used to determine the team score: Revenue Distribution, Technology Enablement, and Organizational Agility.

Revenue diversification means that sports properties are able to go beyond ticketing, concessions, media rights, and traditional sponsorship categories to drive fandom. Some of those metrics include: ownership models, mixed-use development venues, multilingual social media capabilities, sports betting partnerships, owned OTT channels, association with a women’s team, and more.

The category of technology enablement is about analyzing specific Fluid Fan behaviors through technologies. In order to empower Fluid Fandom, teams must engage on many platforms to attract, maintain, and fulfill the attention of their viewers. Fluid Fans are open to change, empowered to choose, and continuously evolving. Teams that understand how to use technology to enable the ten core behaviors—Access, Bet, Co-Watch, Connect, Create, Learn, Listen, Own/Buy, Participate, and Show Up/Go—are innovative.

The category of organizational agility is about staffing for the future, leveraging new skill sets, and looking to other industries for talent. The teams who are most innovative are able to invest in talent, leverage data, learn from adjacent industries, and launch new ventures. Some of those metrics include: Accelerator Programs, Business Intelligence and Analytics Groups, D/E/I Initiatives, Social Justice Initiatives, Internal Staffing Structure, Talent Development, and more.

A major part of the overall scoring system is the Technology Enablement metric, which is a measure of a team’s efforts to work with innovative technologies and through partners to reach the Fluid Fan where they are today. We do so by measuring these efforts along Ten Core Behaviors that we have identified as critical activities to the Fluid Fan experience. This is done by measuring these efforts along Ten Core Behaviors that are identified as critical activities to the Fluid Fan experience.

Access: Empowering athlete/fan interactions, digitally mediated training/workouts, and gives fans the athlete centered content they want.

Bet: Empowering fans to bet/wager or play fantasy sports and sites dedicated to betting insights.

Create: Empowering fans to create, manipulate, and share content.

Connect: Empowering fans to connect digitally with one another.

Co-Watch: Empowering fans to digitally watch, participate in a second-screen activity, or otherwise stream the content they want.

Learn: Empowering fans to consume media and acquire more info on events, games, or players.

Listen: Empowering fans to listen to sports or sports related content.

Own/Buy: Empowering fans to purchase and own a piece of their fandom or sell to other fans.

Participate: Empowering fans to join a community and participate in the brand’s digital activities.

Show Up: Empowering fans during any part of the live venue fan journey.

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Cavaliers on Top 25 Most Innovative Teams in Sports List

In this week's episode, Tim Alcorn and Jim Chones connect with Cleveland Charge Head Coach Dan Geriot to discuss the impact the G-League has had on the NBA as well as the upcoming Charge Summer Tour. In the second half of the show, NBA Legend Dave Bing talks about the passing of another NBA Legend and former teammate Bob Lanier.

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CavsHQ - Summer Tour with Dan Geriot

MEDIA NOTE: Cleveland Cavaliers legend and fan favorite Anderson Varejao will represent the Cavaliers in the 2022 NBA Draft Lottery, which will be held in Chicago tomorrow (Tuesday, May 17),  airing live on ESPN beginning at 8:00 PM ET.

Varejao played 13 seasons for the Cavs, averaging 7.5 points and 7.5 rebounds in 596 games. In all-time team history, he ranks 4th in offensive rebounds, 6th in total rebounds and 8th in games played, blocks and steals. He also owns a share of the team record for rebounds in a game with 25. He played in 71 playoff games for the Cavaliers, including two Eastern Conference Finals and one NBA Finals.

The Cavaliers finished the 2021-22 season with a 44-38 record and enter the lottery with a 2.41% chance of securing a top-four pick.

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Anderson Varejao to represent Cavs in 2022 NBA Draft Lottery

Students at Orchard STEM School have a new Innovation Lab to learn and work in, thanks to the continued partnership between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Goodyear Tire &amp; Rubber Company.

The updated Innovation Lab has been designed as a collaborative space for students to learn and grow through creating different forms of media. The students now have access to brand new STEM and media resources such as coding robots, 3D printers, iMac computers, a sound booth, a greenscreen and backdrops for video production and a space for their eSports team to practice and compete.

The Innovation Lab is part of the commitment by the Cavs and Goodyear to fund $1 million of support to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) programs in Cleveland Metropolitan School District and Akron Schools. As part of that, executives from the Cavs, Goodyear, Cleveland Mayor Bibb’s office, Cleveland Metropolitan School District and Orchard STEM School unveiled the renovated space to the Orchard STEM student body on Thursday.

Cavs TV play-by-play announcer John Michael led a press conference in the school’s gym, introducing Cavs CEO Nic Barlage, Goodyear Brand Manager Jennifer McKeever, Cleveland Chief of Youth and Family Success Sonya Pryor Jones, Orchard STEM principal Dr. Andrea Moss, lead Orchard STEM Model teacher Catherine Duplisea and CMSD Chief Engagement Officer Dr. Lee Buddy Jr. to all give remarks about the renovation.

Following the press conference, the executives and a group of select students participated in a ribbon cutting, marking the official opening of the lab. The students then had the opportunity to enjoy STEM activities in the lab, as well as in the gym.

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Cavs and Goodyear Unveil Renovated Innovation Lab at Orchard STEM School

Cavs Harvest for Hunger Campaign is a Soaring Success

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Tim Alcorn and Jim Chones are joined by Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com to talk about the Cavs season coming to a close. The two also hear pieces of the team's media availability.

2021‑22 Season