The Utah Jazz have signed forward Chris Johnson of the NBA Development League’s Rio Grande Valley Vipers to a 10-day contract.  Johnson becomes the NBA’s 24th overall NBA D-League Call-Up of the 2014-15 season and the 22nd different player to be called up.  

The 24-year-old Johnson (6-6, 201, Dayton) appeared in 14 games (all starts) for the Vipers this season, averaging 20.1 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.8 steals in 35.3 minutes per contest. He scored in double figures on 13 occasions and recorded 20-plus points in eight games, including one 30-point contest. He started the 2014-15 season with the Philadelphia 76ers, averaging 6.0 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.0 steals in 20.8 minutes while scoring in double figures twice in nine games (two starts), before being waived on Nov. 15. 

The Rio Grande Valley Vipers have acquired guard/forward Glen Rice, Jr.

Rice (6’6”, 215, Georgia Tech) played with the Washington Wizards, where he averaged 2.7 ppg over the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons. He was drafted 35^th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2013 NBA Draft, before being traded that night to the Wizards.

Rice was a member of the Vipers’ 2012-13 NBA D-League Championship squad.

The Houston Rockets have reassigned Nick Johnson to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA D-League.

Johnson has played 17 games for the Rockets this season.