Rio Grande Valley Vipers | |
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Conference | Western |
League | NBA G League |
Founded | 2007 |
History | Rio Grande Valley Vipers 2007–present |
Arena | Bert Ogden Arena |
Location | Edinburg, Texas |
Team colors | Red, gray, black, white[1][2] |
General manager | Travis Stockbridge |
Head coach | Joseph Blair |
Ownership | Alonzo Cantu |
Affiliation(s) | Houston Rockets |
Championships | 4 (2010, 2013, 2019, 2022) |
Conference titles | 7 (2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023) |
Division titles | 3 (2010, 2013, 2019) |
Website | riograndevalley |
The Rio Grande Valley Vipers are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League based in Edinburg, Texas, and are affiliated with the Houston Rockets. The Vipers play their home games at the Bert Ogden Arena. The Vipers have won four league titles in 2010, 2013, 2019, and 2022, the most for any club in league history, and they also have made the most championship series in league history, having made it seven times to the finals. They are also the earliest champion to still play in their original city along with one of only three teams (the others being the Iowa Wolves and the Indiana Mad Ants) to have played in every league season since 2007. The Vipers entered a single-partnership affiliation agreement with the Houston Rockets during the 2009–10 season. Previously, they were affiliated with the Cleveland Cavaliers for the 2007–08 season and the New Orleans Hornets from 2007 to 2009.