Cocodrilos de Caracas

     PresidentPhilip ValentinerHead coachNéstor SalazarChampionships6 Venezuelan Leagues (1992, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2013)Websitecocodrilosbbc.com.

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Cocodrilos de Caracas (transl. Caracas Crocodiles) is a Venezuelan professional basketball club based in Caracas. Established in 1990, the club competes in the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto (SPB), and has won the national championship six times. The Cocodrilos' home games are played at the Parque Naciones Unidas.

History

The city of Caracas had known various teams that had played in the national premier basketball leagues. In the end of 1990, Dr. Guillermo Valentiner acquired the capital's basketball team and named it Cocodrilos de Caracas. In the first season of the team, it finished in fifth place.^[1] The team won its first national league after only one year, in 1992.

Trophies

• Venezuelan LPB / Superliga: 6

1974^{[nb 1]} 1992, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2013

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason
2010	1	LPB	1	Champion
2011	1	LPB	1	Finalist
2012	1	LPB	2	Semifinalist
2013	1	LPB	2	Champion
2014	1	LPB	2	Semifinalist

Notable alumni

Players

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Carl Herrera (2003–2004)
• Garly Sojo^[2]
• Luis David Montero
• Rowan Barrett
• Leandro Garcia Morales
• Cedric Ball
• Chris Childs
• Ramel Curry (2005)
• Kris Lang (2005)
• Tony Dawson
• Roy Hairston
• Anthony Mason
• Lee Nailon
• Carl Elliott
• Kevin Freeman
• Ray Jackson

Coaches

To appear in this section a player must have either:

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional coach.
- Coached at least one official international match for a senior national team at any time.

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