2017-2018 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Regular Season Roster

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2017-2018 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Roster

# Player Pos Height Weight Age Pre-NBA Draft Team NBA Draft Status Nationality
22 Markel Brown SG 6-3 190 26 Oklahoma State 2014 Rnd 2 Pick 14 United States
0 Kyle Davis G 6-0 165 23 Dayton 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
35 Cleanthony Early F 6-8 210 26 Wichita State 2014 Rnd 2 Pick 4 United States
22 Kevin Hardy G 6-2 180 24 McNeese State 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
55 Isaiah Hartenstein PF 7-0 250 19 Zalgiris (Lithuania) 2017 Rnd 2 Pick 13 United States
Germany
4 Danuel House F 6-6 220 24 Texas A&M 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
3 R.J. Hunter G 6-4 185 24 Georgia State 2015 Rnd 1 Pick 28 United States
2 Demetrius Jackson G 6-1 200 23 Notre Dame 2016 Rnd 2 Pick 15 United States
13 Julien Lewis SG 6-4 195 25 Fresno State 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
14 Tyler Lydon PF 6-10 225 21 Syracuse 2017 Rnd 1 Pick 24 United States
- Darius Morris G 6-4 195 27 Michigan 2011 Rnd 2 Pick 11 United States
France
11 Monte Morris G 6-2 183 22 Iowa State 2017 Rnd 2 Pick 21 United States
Nigeria
23 Chinanu Onuaku C 6-9 250 21 Louisville 2016 Rnd 2 Pick 7 United States
9 Zhou Qi C 7-1 210 22 Xinjiang Guanghui (China) 2016 Rnd 2 Pick 13 China
20 Shane Richards F 6-5 195 23 Manhattan 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
25 Craig Victor SF 6-9 235 23 LSU 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
6 Chris Walker PF 6-9 200 23 Florida 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
0 Briante Weber G 6-2 170 25 VCU 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
5 Troy Williams SF 6-7 210 23 Indiana 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
1 Tony Wroten PG 6-6 205 24 Washington 2012 Rnd 1 Pick 25 United States
32 Georginho de Paula G 6-6 194 21 Paulistano (Brazil) 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted Brazil

2017-2018 Rio Grande Valley Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Morris J. Lewis R. Hunter Z. Qi C. Onuaku
Rotation M. Morris K. Hardy S. Richards C. Walker I. Hartenstein
Rotation K. Davis   C. Early    
Lim PT   G. de Paula   C. Victor  
Lim PT   M. Brown      

Recent Rio Grande Valley Vipers History

Season Team Record Conference Rank
2023-2024 Rio Grande Valley Vipers N/A 5th (Western)
2022-2023 Rio Grande Valley Vipers 3-2 6th (Western)
2021-2022 Rio Grande Valley Vipers N/A 1st (Western)
2020-2021 Rio Grande Valley Vipers 9-7 (4-2) 3rd (Western)
2019-2020 Rio Grande Valley Vipers 15-27 (14-21) 12th (Western)
2018-2019 Rio Grande Valley Vipers 35-16 (29-11) 1st (Western)
2017-2018 Rio Grande Valley Vipers 29-22 (23-17) 3rd (Western)
2016-2017 Rio Grande Valley Vipers 32-19 (24-16) 4th (Western)
2015-2016 Rio Grande Valley Vipers 29-22 (23-20) 4th (Western)
2014-2015 Rio Grande Valley Vipers 27-23 (14-10) 1st (Western)

2017-2018 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
R.J. Hunter Performer of the Week (12/04/17)

2017-2018 Rio Grande Valley Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
R.J. Hunter 45 30.8 20.4 3.5 3.2 1.4 0.5 1.9
Troy Williams 19 29.0 19.8 6.1 2.2 1.9 0.2 2.6
Darius Morris 3 26.5 19.0 4.7 7.7 0.3 0.0 3.3
Briante Weber 13 34.4 18.2 6.4 7.2 3.3 0.2 3.8
Monte Morris 37 34.7 17.8 4.5 6.5 1.8 0.1 1.9
Danuel House 15 31.3 17.5 6.3 2.4 1.0 0.5 2.3
Markel Brown 9 33.2 15.9 5.0 3.2 1.2 0.0 1.9
Demetrius Jackson 16 30.9 15.9 3.8 4.2 1.2 0.3 2.1
Tyler Lydon 15 31.3 12.8 8.3 2.1 1.1 0.5 0.9
Zhou Qi 24 25.9 11.0 6.2 1.1 0.6 2.3 1.8
Tony Wroten 35 21.3 10.8 2.0 3.8 0.9 0.2 3.4
Chinanu Onuaku 40 25.6 10.8 9.4 2.8 0.9 1.2 2.5
Cleanthony Early 15 22.9 10.1 3.1 1.8 0.5 0.5 1.5
Chris Walker 48 16.9 10.1 5.6 1.0 0.4 1.1 1.3
Isaiah Hartenstein 38 18.7 9.5 6.6 1.2 0.5 1.1 1.4
Julien Lewis 43 20.0 9.3 2.9 1.3 1.0 0.1 1.0
Shane Richards 33 14.0 6.2 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.5
Kyle Davis 16 18.9 5.4 2.9 3.4 1.4 0.4 1.1
Craig Victor 19 12.0 3.4 2.4 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.8
Kevin Hardy 31 11.7 2.1 1.7 1.8 1.1 0.3 0.8
Georginho de Paula 10 4.7 1.6 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.1

Rio Grande Valley Vipers Affiliation History

SeasonTeamNBA Affiliate
2023-2024 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Rockets
2022-2023 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Rockets
2021-2022 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Rockets
2020-2021 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Rockets
2019-2020 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Rockets
2018-2019 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Rockets
2017-2018 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Rockets
2016-2017 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Rockets
2015-2016 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Rockets
2014-2015 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Rockets
2013-2014 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Rockets
2012-2013 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Rockets
2011-2012 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Rockets
2010-2011 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Rockets
2009-2010 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Rockets
2008-2009 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Rockets, Pelicans
2007-2008 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Cavaliers, Rockets, Pelicans

Rio Grande Valley Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Alonzo Cantu Owner 2014-2015 N/A
Matt Brase Head Coach 2015-2016 Basketball Operations (Houston Rockets, 2013 to 2018)
Cody Toppert Assistant Coach 2015-2016 N/A
Joseph Blair Assistant Coach 2015-2016 Graduate Manager (Arizona, 2014 to 2015)
Jim Paulis General Manager 2023-2024 Basketball Operations (Houston Rockets, 2020 to 2023)
Ben Sanders Basketball Operations Assistant 2017-2018 N/A
Laura Cisneros Executive VP 2014-2015 N/A
Brent Johnson Director of Player Development 2010-2011 Personnel Scout (Houston Rockets, 1994 to 2020)
Eric Lang Strength and Conditioning Coach 2017-2018 N/A
Craig Skinner Athletic Trainer 2016-2017 N/A
Anwar Chagollan Director of Media Relations 2016-2017 N/A