1944–45 Cleveland Allmen Transfers season

The 1944–45 Cleveland Allmen Transfers season was the second professional season and first season of the Allmen Transfers playing in the United States' National Basketball League (NBL), which would also be the eighth year the NBL itself existed. However, if one were to count the seasons where they played as the Cleveland Chase Copper Brass team in the Amateur Athletic Union starting as early as 1935 back when the NBL technically first began as the Midwest Basketball Conference as well as their only NBL season when they played as the Cleveland Chase Brassmen, then this would officially be their tenth season of overall play. After their first professional season of play was considered a failure to the original owners and sponsors of the team, the Chase Brass and Copper Company, they ended up selling the ownership and team sponsorship rights to the more local Allmen Transfer & Moving Company, thus rebranding the team from the Cleveland Chase Brassmen to the Cleveland Allmen Transfers for the rest of their existence going forward. Due to the additions of the Chicago American Gears and Pittsburgh Raiders (the latter team being considered the return of the original Pittsburgh Pirates NBL team) for this season of play, the NBL returned to the Eastern and Western Division format of competition despite there being only three teams in each division this time around (primarily due to World War II).

Due to the combination of replacing their previous two player-coaches from the previous season as the Chase Brassmen with that of Joseph J. Carlin as the new head coach for Cleveland and the continued improvements of their star player, Mel Riebe, the Allmen Transfers would finish their season with an improved 13–17 record. While it would not produce a winning record for the Allmen Transfers squad, it would help them improve just enough to qualify for an Eastern Division playoff spot in the NBL Playoffs over the rebranded returning Pittsburgh Raiders, with them also having their best record in franchise history to boot. Unfortunately for the since rebranded Cleveland squad, they would have to compete against the defending NBL (and WPBT) champions in the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons for a shot at the NBL championship this season, and much like their first season in the NBL when they played as the Chase Brassmen, the Allmen Transfers would be swept 2–0 by the Zollner Pistons in their route to a repeat championship in both the NBL and the WPBT.

This season would also be notable for Mel Riebe leading the league in scoring for the second straight season in a row (as well as joining Bobby McDermott as the first players in NBL history to average over 20 points per game in a season), as well as became a member of the All-NBL First Team once again.