1998–2005: early years Founded in 1998, the club started out as Canon Eesti noortemeeskond (Canon Estonia junior team). The team was coached by Allan Dorbek and played their home games at
Kalev Sports Hall. The club's first season was a disappointment as they finished in last place without winning a single game. In 1999, Ehitustööriist became the official name sponsor of the team. In 2003, the club merged operations with
Audentes and became Ehitustööriist/Audentes. However, the merger only lasted one season and Ehitustööriist continued independently. Ehitustööriist moved to the new Saku Suurhall, now
Unibet Arena, for the 2004–05 season. The team also made their debut in the
Baltic Basketball League (BBL). In
2005, they won their first Estonian championship, defeating
Tartu Ülikool/Rock four games to three in the finals.
Howard Frier was named the
KML Most Valuable Player (MVP).
2005–present: BC Kalev/Cramo Coming off their first ever championship, Ehitustööriist leased the trademark "BC Kalev" from
AS Kalev and became BC Kalev/Cramo, while Allan Dorbek, who had been with the team since the start, was replaced as head coach by
Aivar Kuusmaa. On 2 October 2005, BC Kalev/Cramo won their first
Estonian Cup, defeating TÜ/Rock 70–64 in the final. They also made their debut in a European competition by competing in the
2005–06 season of the
FIBA EuroCup, but failed to advance past the group stage. The team successfully defended their Estonian League title in
2006. In the finals, BC Kalev/Cramo edged TÜ/Rock four games to three, winning the deciding seventh game 69–68. James Williams was named the
KML Finals MVP. Despite guiding the team to a second consecutive KML championship, Kuusmaa was replaced as head coach by
Veselin Matić ahead of the
2006–07 season. was named both BBL MVP and KML MVP in 2007. In the 2006–07 season, BC Kalev/Cramo won their second Estonian Cup, but were unable to defend their league title, losing to rivals TÜ/Rock in the finals. The team also finished top-six in the Baltic Basketball League.
Travis Reed was named Most Valuable Player in both the BBL and the KML, while
Valmo Kriisa won the
Estonian Basketball Player of the Year award. The team saw limited success in Europe, reaching the second round in the
2006–07 FIBA EuroCup and competing in the
2007–08 ULEB Cup, where they failed to advance past the group stage. The team won another Estonian Cup in 2007. Prior to the
2008–09 season,
Nenad Vučinić was hired as the new head coach. BC Kalev/Cramo went on to win their fourth consecutive Estonian Cup. In the 2009 KML Finals, the team defeated TÜ/Rock four games to two, to win their third Estonian League title.
Kristjan Kangur was named KML Finals MVP and Estonian Basketball Player of the Year, but left the team after the 2008–09 season. In July 2009, they joined the newly established
VTB United League. In December 2009, Vučinić left BC Kalev/Cramo and was succeeded by assistant coach
Alar Varrak. The team struggled in the
2009–10 KML season and finished the regular season in fourth place. In the playoffs, BC Kalev/Cramo lost to TÜ/Rock in the semifinals, but beat
TTÜ Korvpalliklubi in the series for the third place. was a two-time KML Finals MVP (2012 and 2013). Aivar Kuusmaa returned to coach BC Kalev/Cramo prior to the
2010–11 season. The team finished the regular season in first place and swept the playoffs, beating TÜ/Rock in four games in the finals.
Armands Šķēle won the KML Finals MVP award. Led by
Gregor Arbet and
Tanel Sokk, BC Kalev/Cramo successfully defended their title in the
2011–12 season, defeating Tartu Ülikool in another four-game sweep in the finals. Sokk was named MVP for the series. However, despite the poor start, the team finished the regular season in first place and again swept the playoffs, beating TÜ/Rock in the finals as Tanel Sokk claimed his second straight KML Finals MVP. They also placed third in the Baltic Basketball League. The team, led by
Frank Elegar,
Vlad Moldoveanu and
Rain Veideman, played in the
Eurocup in the
2013–14 season, but failed to advance past the group stage. BC Kalev/Cramo, however, continued to be successful in the Estonian League as they swept the playoffs for the
fourth consecutive season, once again defeating TÜ/Rock in the finals, with Moldoveanu being named Finals MVP. In
2015, BC Kalev/Cramo, led by
Scott Machado, once again faced TÜ/Rock in the KML Finals, only this time losing the series 4–1. BC Kalev/Cramo won their fifth Estonian Cup in 2015. The team finished the
2015–16 KML regular season undefeated and extended their winning streak in the quarter- and semifinals. In the finals, they once again faced TÜ/Rock, winning the series 4–1.
Rolands Freimanis was named the KML Finals MVP. In 2016, BC Kalev/Cramo won another Estonian Cup. They successfully defended their KML title in the
2016–17 season, sweeping
AVIS UTILITAS Rapla in four games in the finals.
Branko Mirković won the Finals MVP award. In November 2017, Varrak was fired after a poor start to the season and replaced by
Donaldas Kairys. Under Kairys, the team, led by
Isaiah Briscoe, won their third consecutive KML championship in
2018 by sweeping Tartu Ülikool in four games in the finals. Kristjan Kangur, who returned to the club after eight years, was named Finals MVP. led the team to three KML titles and was named KML Finals MVP twice. In 2018, the
Estonian-Latvian Basketball League was formed. BC Kalev/Cramo finished the league's
inaugural season in third place. They lost to
VEF Riga 90–80 in the semifinals but beat
BK Ogre 87–85 in the third place game. With
Arnett Moultrie leading the charge, they made the VTB United League playoffs for the first time in team history in
2019, but were swept in three games by
UNICS Kazan in the quarterfinals. BC Kalev/Cramo also won their fourth consecutive KML title in
2019, sweeping
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ in three games in the finals. Branko Mirković was named KML Finals MVP for the second time. Kairys left the team in June 2019, and was replaced as head coach by
Roberts Štelmahers. The 2019–20 season was halted and ultimately cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, with no champions declared. The 2020–21 season proved to be the most successful in the club's history. On 20 December 2020, BC Kalev/Cramo won their seventh Estonian Cup, beating
Rakvere Tarvas in the final. The team went on to win their first
Estonian-Latvian Basketball League title, defeating VEF Riga 86–75 in the final.
Maurice Kemp was awarded MVP of the final tournament. Led by
Marcus Keene and
Chavaughn Lewis, BC Kalev/Cramo also clinched their 12th
Estonian championship by defeating
Pärnu Sadam three games to one in the KML Finals. Lewis won the Finals MVP award. On 24 February 2022, they withdrew from the VTB United League due to the
Russian invasion of Ukraine, ending their 13-year stay in the league. In the
2022 KML Playoffs, BC Kalev/Cramo were defeated by the eventual champions Pärnu Sadam in the semifinals, making it the first time the team missed the KML Finals since 2010. In the series for third place, they beat TalTech/OPTIBET. After the 2021–22 season, Štelmahers was replaced as head coach by
Heiko Rannula, who had previously coached Pärnu Sadam. They won their eighth Estonian Cup, beating
Viimsi/Sportland in the final. BC Kalev/Cramo made it to the
FIBA Europe Cup semifinals in
2023, where they were defeated by
Cholet Basket. Led by
Artur Konontšuk and
Oleksandr Kovliar, the team swept through the
2023 KML Playoffs, defeating Tallinna Kalev/Audentes, Viimsi/Sportland, and Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits to win their 13th KML championship. Kovliar was named the KML Finals MVP. ==Sponsorship naming==