ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — On Friday in Hidalgo, Texas, there will be a bit of a fraternal reunion for the Topperts of Albuquerque.
Cody Toppert, who turns 33 in January, is a first-year assistant coach with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the the NBA Development League . This comes after spending two years as the director of basketball development and coach for ELEV8 Sports Institute in Delray Beach, Fla.
Chad Toppert, a 30-year-old former Lobo sharpshooter, was drafted in the second round by the NBA D-League’s Reno Bighorns in October after spending the last five years playing professional basketball in Europe.