 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rocha akatamba muBAA neNBA mukupera kwema1940 uye kutanga kwema1950. Akamirira Baltimore Bullets mu1951 NBA All-Star Game, mutambo wokutanga weNBA All-Star. Rocha akanga ane 6,362 basa mapoinzi muNBA uye akahwina zita reNBA neSyracuse Nationals muna 1955. Munhu wokutanga anobva kuHawaii kutamba muNBA, Rocha achiri kugoverana, neaichimbova mutambi wake Paul Seymour, nhoroondo yeNBA yemaminitsi akawanda mumutambo weplayoff ne67. 