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. Herrera later became a coach with Gatos de Monagas. References External links NBA.com profile Clutch Fans Houston Rockets profile Stats at BasketballReference 1966 births Living people 2002 FIBA World Championship players Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Cocodrilos de Caracas players Denver Nuggets players Guaiqueríes de Margarita players Guaros de Lara (basketball) players Houston Cougars men's basketball players Houston Rockets players Junior college men's basketball players in the United States Liga ACB players Miami Heat draft picks National Basketball Association players from Trinidad and Tobago National Basketball Association players from Venezuela Olympic basketball players of Venezuela Panteras de Miranda players Power forwards (basketball) Real Madrid Baloncesto players San Antonio Spurs players Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to Venezuela Trotamundos B.B.C. players Vancouver Grizzlies players Venezuelan expatriate basketball people in Spain Venezuelan expatriate basketball people in the United States Venezuelan expatriate basketball people in Canada Venezuelan people of Trinidad and Tobago descent Venezuelan men's basketball players 1990 FIBA World Championship players