Carl Herrera

Carl Herrera
Personal information
Born	December 14, 1966 (age 55); Trinidad and Tobago
Nationality	Venezuelan
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
College	Jacksonville College (1987–1989); Houston (1989–1990);
NBA draft	1990 / Round: 2 / Pick: 30th overall
	Selected by the Miami Heat
Playing career	1990–2008
Position	Power forward
Number	7, 11, 14, 21
Career history
1990–1991	Real Madrid
1991–1995	Houston Rockets
1995–1998	San Antonio Spurs
1998–1999	Vancouver Grizzlies
1999	Denver Nuggets
1998–1999	Bravos de Portuguesa
1999–2001	Trotamundos de Carabobo
2001
2001–2002	Cocodrilos de Caracas
2002	Trotamundos de Carabobo
2003–2004	Guaiqueríes de Margarita
2004–2007	Guaros de Lara
2007–2008	Panteras de Miranda
Career highlights and awards
	2× NBA champion (1994, 1995); First-team All-SWC (1990);
Career NBA statistics
Points	2,481 (5.3 ppg)
Rebounds	1,690 (3.6 rpg)
Blocks	204 (0.4 bpg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Men's basketball
Representing Venezuela
South American Basketball Championship

Carl Víctor Herrera Allen (born December 14, 1966) is a retired Trinidadian-born Venezuelan basketball player. A power forward, he was part of the Houston Rockets National Basketball Association championship teams of the mid-1990s. He was the first Venezuelan to ever play in the NBA.

Basketball career[]

Out of Jacksonville Junior College in Texas and the University of Houston, Herrera was selected by the Miami Heat with the 30th pick in the 1990 NBA Draft, spending his first professional season in Spain, with Real Madrid. Partnering with another future NBA player, Stanley Roberts, he helped the Liga ACB club to the Korać Cup final in his only season.

Herrera began his professional career in the United States in 1991 with the Houston Rockets, where he played until 1995, when the Rockets swept the Orlando Magic in four games to win their second straight NBA Championship. During the regular season of the two successful seasons combined, he averaged six points and four rebounds in roughly 20 minutes of play.

Afterwards, Herrera spent three seasons with the San Antonio Spurs, before splitting the final year of his NBA career, the lockout-shortened 1999 season, with the Vancouver Grizzlies and the Denver Nuggets.

After wrapping up his NBA career, he rejoined the Venezuelan basketball league, where he began playing at the age of 16. Herrera was also a long-time member of the Venezuela national team.^[1]

Herrera later became a coach with Gatos de Monagas.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

[1] Venezuela stats at SportsReference

[2] Team profile at Latin Basket

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