Editing José Ortiz (basketball) (section)

==National team career==
In 1982, Ortiz  reached the minimum age to join [[Puerto Rico men's national basketball team|Puerto Rico's national basketball team]], and in 1983, he saw his first international competition, at the [[Basketball at the 1983 Pan American Games|Pan American Games of Caracas, Venezuela]]. At the [[Basketball at the 1987 Pan American Games|1987 Pan American Games]], Ortiz was the flag-bearer for Puerto Rico. They won the bronze medal at that tournament.<ref name=Games>{{cite book|title=The Games of August: Official Commemorative Book |publisher=Showmasters |location=Indianapolis |year=1987 |isbn=978-0-9619676-0-4}}</ref> Ortiz also helped the Puerto Rican National basketball team earn a gold medal at the [[Basketball at the 1991 Pan American Games|1991 Pan American Games]], which were held in [[Havana]], [[Cuba]].

After the [[2002 FIBA World Cup]], which was held at [[Indianapolis]], Ortiz announced his retirement from the national team, to coincide with national teammate [[Jerome Mincy]]'s retirement from the team. However, Ortiz would later reconsider his decision to retire, and he rejoined the national team. In 2004, he was a part of the Puerto Rican team that defeated the [[2004 United States men's Olympic basketball team|2004 Team USA]] at the [[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Athens Summer Olympics]].

Overall, Ortiz played with Puerto Rico's national team at four [[FIBA World Cup]]s ([[1990 FIBA World Cup|1990]], [[1994 FIBA World Cup|1994]], [[1998 FIBA World Cup|1998]], and [[2002 FIBA World Cup|2002]]), and at four [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] ([[Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1988]], [[Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1992]], [[Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1996]], and [[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2004]]).