The Huntsville Flight was a National Basketball Development League (NBDL) team based in Huntsville, Alabama

Huntsville, Alabama

Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the central part of the far northern region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County. Huntsville's population was 180,105 as of the 2010 Census....

. Playing their home games at the Von Braun Center

Von Braun Center

The Von Braun Center , known as the Von Braun Civic Center until 1997, is a multi-purpose indoor arena, meeting, and performing arts complex, with a maximum arena seating capacity of 10,000, located in Huntsville, Alabama...

, the Flight was a charter franchise for the 2001-02 season

2001–2002 NBDL season

The 2001–02 NBDL season was the inaugural season for the National Basketball Development League. The league started with eight teams: Asheville Altitude, Columbus Riverdragons, Fayetteville Patriots, Greenville Groove, Huntsville Flight, Mobile Revelers, North Charleston Lowgators, and the Roanoke...

 but folded after the 2004-05 season. The former franchise today competes as the Canton Charge

Canton Charge

The Canton Charge is an NBA Development League minor league basketball team based in Canton, Ohio, United States. The Charge's NBA affiliate is the Cleveland Cavaliers, which also owns the team...

.

The National Basketball Association

National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...

 (NBA) announced the Flight as one of the NBDL charter franchises on April 11, 2001. On May 10, the franchise announced Bob Thornton

Bob Thornton

Robert George Thornton is a retired American professional basketball player whose career lasted from 1985 to 1996. He was a 6'10" 225 forward...

 would serve as head coach and by July Flight was revealed as the team name. Following the inaugural season, Thornton would resign as head coach to pursue a position as an assistant coach with the Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls

The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1966. They play their home games at the United Center...

 and be replaced with Ralph Lewis

Ralph Lewis (basketball)

Ralph Adolphus Lewis is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'6" 200 lb guard and attended La Salle University. He is now an assistant coach with the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats.-La Salle:In college, Lewis scored 1,807 points in his four years at La Salle...

 in July 2002.

The league folded the franchise on May 3, 2005, citing a combination of lack of sponsorship dollars and low home attendance.

Season-By-Season

Season	Division	Regular Season				Playoffs
		Finish	Wins	Losses	Pct.
Huntsville Flight
2001-02 2001–2002 NBDL season The 2001–02 NBDL season was the inaugural season for the National Basketball Development League. The league started with eight teams: Asheville Altitude, Columbus Riverdragons, Fayetteville Patriots, Greenville Groove, Huntsville Flight, Mobile Revelers, North Charleston Lowgators, and the Roanoke...		5th	26	30	.464
2002-03 2002–2003 NBDL season The 2002–03 NBDL season was the 2nd for the National Basketball Development League. The season ended with the Mobile Revelers defeating the Fayetteville Patriots 2 games to 1 to win their first and only NBDL Championship.-Regular season standings:...		8th	22	28	.440
2003–04		3rd	24	22	.522	Won Semifinals (Charleston Florida Flame The Florida Flame were a NBA Development League team based in Fort Myers, Florida. Its logo represents a basketball on fire moving at high speed.... ) 108-100 Lost D-League Finals (Asheville Tulsa 66ers The Tulsa 66ers are an NBA Development League team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the minor league affiliate of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Their logo design is a basketball behind mountains with a road leading up to them, all on a U.S... ) 108-106
2004–05		3rd	27	21	.563	Lost Semifinals (Asheville Tulsa 66ers The Tulsa 66ers are an NBA Development League team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the minor league affiliate of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Their logo design is a basketball behind mountains with a road leading up to them, all on a U.S... ) 90-86