Editing José Ortiz (basketball) (section)

===Puerto Rico===
In 1980, at age 17, Ortiz debuted with the [[Atléticos de San Germán]] from the [[Baloncesto Superior Nacional]] league in Puerto Rico. As his career progressed, he improved his game significantly, and he led San Germán to a league championship in 1985. That season, Ortiz averaged more than 25 points and 14 [[rebound (basketball)|rebounds]] per game. He would lead the team to a second league title in 1991, while he averaged 19 points and 15.8 rebounds per game.<ref>[http://www.bsnpr.com/jugadores/jugador.asp?id=1271&e= José Piculín Ortiz Statistics] on [[Baloncesto Superior Nacional|BSNPR.com]]</ref> After the 1991 season, Ortiz left the Puerto Rican League to play in [[Europe]]. He would return to the league in 1994, and lead San Germán to yet another title.

In 1998, Ortiz was released by San Germán. He then went on to play with [[Cangrejeros de Santurce (basketball)|Cangrejeros de Santurce]], and helped them win four titles in a row (1998–2001). In 2002, Ortiz was named the [[BSN Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player of the league]], although his team did not reach the league's Finals. Ortiz and the Cangrejeros again won another league title, in 2003, making Ortiz only the third player to win eight titles in the league.<ref name="primerahora.com"/>

Ortiz played with Santurce for two more years, and in 2006, he played with the [[Capitanes de Arecibo]]. However, he retired after just one season with the team. He finished his career in the BSN league with 8,915 points, 5,314 rebounds (#6), and 1,134 assists, in 505 regular season games played. To this day, he is considered by many experts to be the best Puerto Rican basketball player.<ref name="primerahora.com"/>