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Carl Herrera - Wikipedia

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Carl Herrera

Personal information

Born

December 14, 1966 (age 57)
Canaan, 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: 2nd round, 30th overall pick

Selected by the Miami Heat

Playing career

1990–2008

Position

Power forward

Number

7, 11, 14, 21

Career history

1990–1991

1991–1995

1995–1998

1999–2001

Bravos de Portuguesa

2001

Trotamundos de Carabobo

2001

Delfines de Miranda

2001

Cocodrilos de Caracas

2002

Trotamundos de Carabobo

2002–2004

Guaiqueríes de Margarita

2004–2007

Guaros de Lara

2007–2008

Deportivo Tachira

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

Medals

Men's basketball

Representing Venezuela
South American Basketball Championship
	1991 Valencia	Venezuela national team
	1999 Bahia Blanca	Venezuela national team
	2001 Valdivia	Venezuela national team

Carl Víctor Herrera Alleyne^[1] (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

Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Herrera grew up playing basketball at colegio Simón Bolívar in San José, a suburb of Venezuela's capital Caracas.^[2] From the age of 16 he played in Venezuela's top flight for the Bravos de Portuguesa.^[3] In 1984, he was named Rookie of the Year in the LPB league.^[2] At the age of 19, he set league records by pulling down 34 rebounds in a single game and blocking 13 shots in another.^[3]

He attended Jacksonville Junior College in Texas and the University of Houston, before being selected by the Miami Heat with the 30th pick in the 1990 NBA draft. He spent 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. While with the Rockets, Herrera was given the nickname "Amigo".^[2]

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.^[4] He participated in the 1992 Olympic Games, as well as in the World Championships 1990 and 2002.^[5] In 1991, he won the South America Championship with Venezuela.^[1]

Herrera later became a coach with Estudiantes de Guárico and Gigantes de Guayana.^[6]

In December 2014, he was wounded during a shooting at Margarita Island, which was described as an "apparent robbery attempt".^[7] Herrera was taken into intensive care.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Carl Herrera". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved April 20, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Carl Herrera: El primer venezolano en la NBA". Periódico 365 (in Spanish). July 11, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "[Portrait] Carl Herrera, l'idole du Venezuela". Basket Retro (in French). January 3, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
^ Venezuela stats at SportsReference
^ "Carl Allen Herrera profile". FIBA. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
^ López, Eduardo (September 26, 2018). "¿Qué fue de Carl Herrera, el primer venezolano en la NBA?". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved April 20, 2023.
^ "Ex-NBA player Herrera stable after shooting". ESPN.com. December 21, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
^ "Wounded ex-NBA player Carl Herrera improves in Venezuela". USA Today. December 22, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2023.

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1990 NBA draft

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v t e Houston Rockets 1993–94 NBA champions
1 Brooks 3 Petruška 7 Herrera 10 Cassell 11 Maxwell 17 Elie 20 Robinson 21 Jent 25 Horry 30 K. Smith 33 Thorpe 34 Olajuwon (Finals MVP) 35 Cureton 42 Riley 50 Bullard
Head coach Tomjanovich
Assistant coaches Berry Boylen Dawson L. Smith
Regular season Playoffs

v t e Houston Rockets 1994–95 NBA champions
7 Herrera 10 Cassell 11 Maxwell 15 Breaux 17 Elie 22 Drexler 25 Horry 27 Jones 30 K. Smith 31 Murray 32 Chilcutt 34 Olajuwon (Finals MVP) 52 Brown 55 Tabak
Head coach Tomjanovich
Assistant coaches Berry Boylen Dawson L. Smith
Regular season Playoffs

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