Carl Herrera

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Carl Victor Herrera (born December 14, 1966 in Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago) is a former NBA basketball player who was part of the Houston Rockets championship teams of the mid-1990s.

Out of the University of Houston, Herrera was selected by the Miami Heat with the 30th pick in the 1990 NBA Draft, he began his rookie season in 1991 with the Rockets, where he played until 1995, when the Rockets swept the Orlando Magic in four games to win their second straight NBA Championship. After that he 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 as a pro at age 16. Herrera was a long-time member of the Venezuelan national team

Herrera has four children, Alex, Jonathon, Shaya and Sarah.

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Herrera was once hit in the head with a free weight that Vernon "Mad Max" Maxwell was swinging, opening up a gash that required 30 stitches.

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Houston Rockets 1993-94 NBA Champions

1 Brooks | 7 Herrera | 10 Cassell | 11 Maxwell | 17 Elie | 21 Jent | 25 Horry | 30 Smith | 33 Thorpe | 34 Olajuwon (Finals MVP) | 35 Cureton | 50 Bullard | Coach Tomjanovich

Houston Rockets 1994-95 NBA Champions

7 Herrera | 10 Cassell | 11 Maxwell | 17 Elie | 22 Drexler | 25 Horry | 27 Jones | 30 Smith | 32 Chilcutt | 34 Olajuwon (Finals MVP) | 52 Brown | 55 Tabak | Coach Tomjanovich

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