The world of basketball mourns the death of José Piculín Ortiz at the age of 62. The former Puerto Rican center had been battling colorectal cancer for a long time.

The basketball world mourns the death of José Piculín Ortiz at the age of 62. The former Puerto Rican center had been battling colorectal cancer for a long time. Considered a legend in his country, which he represented in four Olympic Games and five World Cups, he also played for Barça in the early 90s. The center arrived at the Catalan club from Real Madrid and became a key player in a team coached by Bozidar Maljkovic that featured players like Epi, Solozábal, Audie Norris, and Andrés Jiménez, who won the Copa del Rey and were finalists in the European Cup, a tournament they lost in Paris against the formidable Jugoplastika.