G League Rio Grande Valley Vipers

Rockets to Join Vipers on ESPN Radio

Published on December 21, 2008 under NBA G League (G League)
Rio Grande Valley Vipers News Release


HIDALGO, TEXAS - The NBA D-League Rio Grande Valley Vipers announced today that their flagship station, ESPN Radio 1240 AM (KSOX) will now also carry games of one of their parent clubs, the Houston Rockets, beginning on Monday, December 22nd.

"We are very excited that games of our NBA affiliate, the Houston Rockets, will be broadcast alongside Vipers games on ESPN 1240. This further demonstrates the growing relationship between the Rockets and the Vipers as well as the NBA's commitment to fans in the Rio Grande Valley," Vipers President and General Manager Brian Michael Cooper said.

ESPN Radio is part of the BMP Radio cluster, which has aired every Vipers game since the franchise was born. The Vipers had been the only basketball team to have its games aired through BMP this season.

On Monday the Rockets will be in New Jersey to take on the Nets at 6:30 p.m.

The Rio Grande Valley Vipers are a professional basketball team in the NBA Development League (NBA D-League). The NBA Development League, founded in 2001, is the NBA's official minor league and features 16 teams with direct affiliations to NBA teams. The league has produced 15 percent of the players on 2007-08 end-of-season NBA rosters and continues to develop current NBA coaches and referees. In fostering the league's connection to the community, its teams, players and staff promote youth basketball, support local needs and interests, and assist in educational development through NBA D-League Cares programs. The NBA D-League also advances the game of basketball as the research and development arm of the NBA. Throughout this season fans can watch all NBA D-League games on NBA Futurecast, the free live Web-streaming initiative found at nba.com/futurecast. The Vipers NBA affiliates are the Houston Rockets, and the New Orleans Hornets.

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