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The Rio Grande Valley Vipers are a basketball team in the NBA Development League. They play their home games at the State Farm Arena, in Hidalgo, Texas. With two D-League titles in 2010 and 2013, the Vipers are the most victorious team in the league alongside the Asheville Altitude. The Vipers entered a single-partnership affiliation agreement with the Houston Rockets during the 2009–10 season. Previously, they were also affiliated with the Cleveland Cavaliers for 2007–08 and the New Orleans Hornets from 2007–09. ==History== After the finish of the 2006-2007 season, the D-League announced an expansion to Hidalgo, Texas, with the team name "Rio Grande Valley Vipers". In their debut season, 2007-2008, they finished with a 21–29 record, failing to qualify for the playoffs. In 2008–09, they finished with the same record, failing to advance to the playoffs for the second year in a row. In 2009, the Vipers and the Houston Rockets entered into a single affiliation partnership in which the Rockets controlled the Vipers' basketball operations while the franchise remains under (local ownership ) by Alonzo Cantu. The result paid immediate dividends in the 2009–10 season, as the Vipers enjoyed their most successful season. Led by league MVP Mike Harris, and coach of the year Chris Finch, the Vipers went 34–16, tops in the Western Conference, and earned the franchise's first playoff berth. In the playoffs, the Vipers beat both Reno and Austin in 3 games, and swept Tulsa in the Finals to earn the franchise's first championship. In 2013, the Vipers won their second title over the Santa Cruz Warriors. Andrew Goudelock won the NBA Development League Most Valuable Player Award and got called up by the Los Angeles Lakers. In November 2013, the Vipers announced Gianluca Pascucci as the general manager and Nevada Smith as the head coach. On February 26, 2015, the Vipers broke ground on a new arena in Edinburg, which will be called Bert Ogden Arena, scheduled for completion in October 2016, which would be the Vipers' tenth season. The arena will reportedly house 8,500 seats, along with being a venue used for entertainment. The Vipers will be the main tenant and operator (while the City of Edinburg will own the arena), and there will be a 40 by 20 foot jumbotron, the largest in the league. The arena will be funded by sales taxes and cost an estimated $68 million, with nearly half being funded privately.〔http://riograndevalley.dleague.nba.com/news/rgv-vipers-break-ground-on-new-arena/〕 On August 18, 2015, the Vipers named Matt Brase their new head coach.〔http://dleague.nba.com/news/rgv-hires-matt-brase-as-head-coach/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rio Grande Valley Vipers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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