2015-2016 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Regular Season Roster

NBA Affiliate: Houston Rockets

2015-2016 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Roster

# Player Pos Height Weight Age Pre-NBA Draft Team NBA Draft Status Nationality
6 Matt Carlino SG 6-2 175 23 Marquette 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
2 Karl Cochran G 6-1 175 23 Wofford 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
3 Will Cummings PG 6-2 175 23 Temple 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
- Sam Dekker SF 6-9 230 21 Wisconsin 2015 Rnd 1 Pick 18 United States
34 Jordan Hamilton SF 6-7 220 25 Texas 2011 Rnd 1 Pick 26 United States
35 Montrezl Harrell F 6-7 240 22 Louisville 2015 Rnd 2 Pick 2 United States
9 Jaron Johnson G 6-6 205 23 Louisiana Tech 2014 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
12 Ty Johnson PG 6-3 195 23 South Carolina 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
10 Denzel Livingston G 6-4 178 22 Incarnate Word 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
14 K.J. McDaniels GF 6-6 205 23 Clemson 2014 Rnd 2 Pick 2 United States
- Darius Morris G 6-4 195 25 Michigan 2011 Rnd 2 Pick 11 United States
France
- Donatas Motiejunas C 7-0 222 25 Universo De'Longhi Treviso (Italy) 2011 Rnd 1 Pick 20 Lithuania
18 Raphiael Putney F 6-10 185 25 Massachusetts 2014 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
0 Aqeel Quinn G 6-3 200 24 San Diego State 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
42 Joshua Smith C 6-10 350 23 Georgetown 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
1 Jarvis Summers SG 6-3 195 22 Ole Miss 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
4 Jarvis Threatt G 6-2 170 22 Rio Grande Valley Vipers 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
5 Chris Walker PF 6-9 200 21 Florida 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
23 Amir Williams C 6-11 250 23 Ohio State 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
Switzerland

2015-2016 Rio Grande Valley Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters W. Cummings D. Livingston J. Johnson R. Putney J. Smith
Rotation J. Threatt D. Morris   M. Harrell A. Williams
Rotation T. Johnson M. Carlino   C. Walker  
Rotation K. Cochran        

Recent Rio Grande Valley Vipers History

Season Team Record Conference Rank
2023-2024 Rio Grande Valley Vipers 15-12 (10-8) 7th (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)

2015-2016 Rio Grande Valley Vipers Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Will Cummings Performer of the Week (04/04/16)
Raphiael Putney Performer of the Week (01/11/16)
Will Cummings All-NBA G League 2nd Team (2016)
Will Cummings All-Rookie 1st Team (2016)
Raphiael Putney West Initial All-Star Selection (2016)
Will Cummings West Initial All-Star Selection (2016)
Jarvis Threatt Slam Dunk Participant (2016)

2015-2016 Rio Grande Valley Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Montrezl Harrell 12 38.9 24.2 9.2 3.3 1.0 2.4 2.8
Will Cummings 49 36.3 20.5 3.6 4.8 1.9 0.1 3.1
Jaron Johnson 50 36.4 18.2 5.4 3.1 1.1 0.4 2.6
Raphiael Putney 48 31.3 17.1 8.1 1.9 1.1 2.3 2.4
K.J. McDaniels 16 36.1 15.4 8.3 3.0 0.9 2.0 2.9
Jordan Hamilton 14 29.2 14.9 9.4 3.9 0.9 0.9 2.0
Darius Morris 3 28.2 13.7 4.3 4.3 1.7 0.0 0.7
Donatas Motiejunas 4 25.0 13.0 5.8 3.0 1.0 1.0 3.5
Jarvis Threatt 42 22.3 12.6 2.9 2.6 1.2 0.1 1.9
Sam Dekker 7 23.2 11.9 5.3 1.6 0.6 0.1 1.7
Chris Walker 47 20.8 9.3 7.0 0.9 0.6 1.3 1.5
Denzel Livingston 48 24.9 9.3 4.1 1.5 1.2 0.6 0.6
Aqeel Quinn 1 8.7 9.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Joshua Smith 42 17.0 8.5 4.7 1.3 0.6 0.5 1.3
Karl Cochran 17 11.7 4.1 1.2 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.5
Matt Carlino 27 14.2 3.8 1.6 1.6 0.9 0.0 0.6
Ty Johnson 23 13.1 3.5 1.4 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.6
Amir Williams 38 13.4 3.3 3.2 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.7
Jarvis Summers 3 7.8 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0

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)
Gianluca Pascucci General Manager 2014-2015 Director of Player Personnel (Houston Rockets, 2013 to 2016)
Jim Paulis Assistant General Manager 2014-2015 Director of Scouting (Rio Grande Valley Vipers, 2012 to 2013)
Laura Cisneros Executive VP 2014-2015 N/A
Brent Johnson Director of Player Development 2010-2011 Personnel Scout (Houston Rockets, 1994 to 2020)
Justin Jackson Strength and Conditioning Coach 2014-2015 N/A
Long Lam Athletic Trainer 2013-2014 N/A
Rebecca Sweat Director of Media Relations 2014-2015 N/A