NBA 2K15 Richard Ortiz GM Story | Pride of a Winner ~ Remake ~

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Houston, Texas
April 17, 2015 11:52pmCST

"And we're back. Thank you for tuning in with us and thank you the audience who's in attendance."

Crowd cheers

"For those of you just now tuning in I'm John Lewis and welcome to this Lewis Show Special where we talk to some from very interesting people."

Crowd cheers

"We've come to our final guest of the night. He is a former NBA general manager, the youngest in that franchise's front office history, and was considered possibly one of the most popular businessman to have ran a front office in the NBA. Everybody join me in welcoming Mr. Richard Ortiz!"

Crowd explodes in cheers as Richard Ortiz walks on stage with John Lewis, shaking his hand immediately as they meet.

Both John & Richard takes a seat

"I'm very excited that you could join us today, Richard."

Richard replies, "Come on, John, you're a good friend of mine. Of course if you ask imma come running." John and Richard both laugh at his comment.

"Well I'm gonna start by saying you have been through a tough time these pass 2 years."

Richard nods and replied saying, "Yeah. Things were going so tremendously & then things went down quickly & drastically."

"Tell us about that, my friend."

"Well like you all know I was a successful general manager of the Houston Rockets & in the process of feeling good about the franchise in its current state & it's future I knew big bucks were soon pouring in and life for my family would be easy."

"Wait let's show the fans watching a picture of your amazing family. Look at em aren't they just beautiful!"

Image of Ortiz's family is shown on the big screen behind them as the crowd applaud.

"Continue Richard."

"I loved my family so much and it pains me everyday to remember that life altering call during the 12-13 season."

"Tell us what that call was, Richard."

Richard pauses for a second looking back at the image of his wife & son then looks out into the crowd before continuing, "My family were murdered by my cousin who I've considered a brother."

Crowd murmurs in disbelief

"My cousin Keith Ortiz came to my home while I was in the office late and his mental condition took over & he took a kitchen knife and killed my wife & son. After he came to I guess he called me and told me what happened before turning himself in. Once I got to the house he was in handcuffs & put into a police car."

"Again I'm sorry that this transpired the way it did. Folks here's your murderer."

Immediately as Keith Ortiz's picture was shown on the screen the crowd boos.

John speaks again to calm the crowd down saying, "Look I know he murdered his family but he was a very sick man. During his court trial he confessed that an evil spirit made him do it."

Crowd murmurs in confusion

John continues, "I know I know but he's still in a mental hospital getting help for his condition. What was it again?"

Richard answers, "Schizophrenia. Something I never realized he had till the doctors treated him. He always believed in this spirit named 'Godfrey' since we were kids but it was never this bad. I don't hate him for what he did but I was devastated."

"This drove you to do something that nearly ruined your life, correct?"

"Yeah it did. I went to drugs & alcohol to drown my pain away I soon became an addict. After I disappeared the Rockets's front office did what they could to keep the franchise together since I, the acting GM, vanished. A good friend of mine found me nearly dead in an abandon warehouse & helped me."

"Who was this friend?"

Richard laughs then answers, "you, John Lewis."

Crowd cheers

"I had to help you its what real friends do & since you sold your house to use the money for drugs & alcohol. You were messed up, homeless, & once the front office got the news jobless."

"Yeah, I went to rehab & decided I would get my life back on track. Which I did."

Crowd explodes in cheers

"As you see we're all proud of you. What are you doing now my friend?"

"I'm living in a nice home in a suburban area outside of Houston. The people are nice out there. I'm working at this factory in Houston so I'm managing but oh do I miss the life I was living before my fall offs."

"You were living well but don't worry you'll be back in that just gotta have patience."

"Yeah. I'd love to get back being a general manager again. I'd GM any team."

"With the way you ran the Rockets I'm pretty sure someone will give you a chance. Plus sources from the Rockets's front office say that it was on your wishlist to get Dwight Howard."

"Yeah but it was just my wishlist they acted on it when I told them about my wishlist. Heck, who knew things turn out the way it did & he'd leave."

"Well we're running out of time. & before I bring out our live entertainment to close us out. I got 1 last question to ask you, Richard."

"Go ahead."

"Do you believe in the 'evil spirit Golan' like your cousin too?"

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This is going to be a GM Dynasty (using MyLeague), focusing on all the personnel dynamics, off the court stuff, and pretty much everything else involved in running a team, originally inspired by trekfan’s Andy McCutcheon ‘chise and a remake of last year's Richard Ortiz GM Story. I'm starting out with a team I’d like to stay with for the long term, but I won't rule out moving on to a different team should storyline dictate as such. I been so reluctant to start up a 'chise cause it seems like when I start one something happens and I have to stop it before it gets going. Hopefully things will be different this time for I love doing these write-ups so I hope y'all enjoy.

I'll be using CWSapp757/Dreece Fictional Draft Classes starting with draft class 1. These classes are freaking amazing!

I will only be controlling one team the CPU will handle every other team. So far the A.I. has been doing surprising well with drafts and free agency sorta with trades but trade approval will still be on. I’ll be starting in the off-season of 2015.

I'll be playing about 2-5 games a month through the course of the entire season while playing every game of the playoffs, so I’ll actually be playing about 12-30 games a season adding with that however playoff games I play. The rest of the games will be simulated to keep things interesting. Any and all comments are welcome-bad or good (hopefully more good then bad haha). I can’t wait to begin this MyLeague hope you all enjoy.

Game & Console: NBA 2k15 (Xbox One)
Rosters: SimWorld Experience
Difficulty: Superstar
Quarter Length: 12 Minutes
Sim Quarter Length: 12 Minutes
Draft Class: Game Changers NBA 2K15 Fictional Draft Classes (CWSapp757/Dreece)

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Toyota Center
Houston, Texas
April 25, 2015 7:46pmCST

Richard finds himself in front of the Toyota Arena home of the Houston Rockets. It's Game 4 of the First Round in the Playoffs against the Golden State Warriors and with Houston down 2-1 this game plans to be monumental. He stands there frozen in deep thought remembering the experiences he had here with his family and friends. It's been 2 years since he's been here and that last time was with his family. His legs felt heavy and the air seems thin, it was starting to become hard to breathe. Fans of all ages passed by him as though he was just a pillar in their way, not realizing who they're ignoring. He couldn't figure out why he came back here...

And then it hit him...

Literally

"You ready to go in yet, Rich?" John Lewis asked jokingly while mugging the back of Richard's shoulder to get his attention.

Richard replies, "Yeah, man, no clue why I stopped. Thanks again for kidnapping me and bringing me here."

They both laugh then John says, "Well if I didn't force you out your house do you really think you'd came? Especially if I told you I was bringing you here."

Richard sighs, "Yeah you probably right." Richard smiles then continues, "so where we sitting? Courtside or skybox?"

John pats Richard on the back, "Lets go and find out."

John walks in and Richard finally moves following behind him.

As they make their way toward an elevator Richard says, "John, you could of just said skybox. The elevator is a dead giveaway, man."

John replies while the elevator doors close, "Okay look, Rich, I got courtside seats. I've always got courtside seats."

Puzzled Richard replies, "Then why are we going upstairs?"

John cracks a smile, "I think you're going to be working in the front office again, my friend."

"WAIT! WHAT?!" Richard yelled shocked & amazed.

The elevator door opens and there stood a former colleague of Richard's back when he was the general manager.

"Kevin McHale?" Richard greeted the coach he hired back when he was GM.

"It's good to see you again. I'm just here to speak to you before the game. I have to go now but Tad is in Room 36 waiting to talk to you."

McHale makes his way into the elevator and leaves. Richard is trying so hard not to sprint to Room 36 his excitement is close to taking over.

"You ready? You can go on ahead in I will be at our seats. Here's your ticket. Come back with good news." John says as he leaves taking the stairs.

"I can't believe this is happening." Richard said thinking out loud.

Richard makes his way to Room 36 trying to figure out how this dream is becoming a reality.

He gets to Room 36 knocks and enters. There stood Tad Brown Chief Executive Officer of the Houston Rockets looking at me as I walk in. Even with all the background noise from the game and fans Tad doesn't budge.

Tad Brown acknowledges him, "Former General Manager Mister Ortiz..."

Richard acknowledges back, "Current Chief Executive Officer Mister Brown..."

There was this awkward stare between them both and Richard couldn't believe he was going through this again. Just like 2 years ago Tad Brown always makes introductions seem like a difficult task.

After 15 seconds of awkward silence Tad added saying, "It's good to see you again its been a long time." He reached out and shook my hand.

That was Tad Brown's awkward attempt at breaking the ice.

"It's good to be back in Toyota Arena I must say," Richard replied.

"Have a seat," Tad offered then as we both took a seat he continued, "Well as you may know your good friend John Lewis has been one of our faithful season ticket holders. & he's been going head over hills trying to get you back in the General Manager chair. After what you did 2 years we were reluctant to even consider you and apparently you recover quickly. Watching Lewis's show last week we're decided to put you back at the helm."

Richard stands then so does Tad Brown.

Richard shakes his hand while saying, "Wow. Are you kidding me? General Manager of the Houston Rockets once again with old friend Daryl Morey. Thank you so much things are looking up for me already."

Richard just couldn't stop smiling he couldn't believe he got his old job back it was to good to be true.

Tad Brown stops shaking hands, "Wait."

Uh oh.

"I never said you were General Manager here."

It WAS to good to be true.

"Now I'm confused," stated Richard.

Tad Brown added, "You are not the General Manager here. We don't need you here. You are the General Manager of another team and we'll be flying you there in 2 days. Congratulations are still in order."

Tad Brown shakes Richard's hand again but Richard stops it.

"Who's front office am I joining, Brown?" Richard questioned.

"The Phoenix Suns."

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US Airways Arena
Phoenix, Arizona
April 28, 2015 10:26amMST

Inside the US Airways Arena Richard is running full sprint towards the Phoenix Suns' owner's office for his 10:30 interview. Exhausted and trying to catch his breath he nearly collapsed onto a chair near the office and checked his latex watch to see of he made it. He blew a sigh of relief as he made it with just 2 minutes to spare. He straighten up his outfit so it looks neat again. The outfit he's wearing is the best suit he could afford; white long sleeve button-down shirt with a long black and white striped tie, black slacks, and dark black gators that are so dark you can't see the gator skin imprinted on the shoe, along with a nice, tight but comfy fitting suit jacket. He prays that this interview goes well, so he can live the life of luxury again. Richard looks around the waiting area trying to calm his nerves and catch his breath.

Unexpectedly, the office doors of Robert Sarver's office flung open as though strong, tornado like winds blew the through.

A man comes storming out angry, frustrated, fed up.

It was Ryan McDonough the former General Manager of this here team.

Richard's attention was so focused on Ryan storming out the office he didn't realize that the secretary was trying to get his attention.

"Mister Ortiz, Mister Sarver is ready for you," the blond haired secretary stated after she finally got his attention.

Richard didn't respond he rose from his seat, fixed up his suit, and made his way into the owner's office.

As Richard entered Robert Sarver approaches him and shakes his hand, "Richard Ortiz."

Richard smiles shaking the owner's hand enjoying the moment.

"I'm Robert Sarver and I'm happy you could make it."

"Nice to finally meet you personally," Richard stated while shaking Robert's hand.

"I've heard so much about you and of course I read so much about you," Robert announced.

Richard pauses remembering all the bad things he's done but he keeps hope alive.

Robert continued, "Once I heard from Tad Brown that you needed a job we instantly remembered what you started in Houston. John Lewis told me not to many owners wanted to take you in and the ones that did wanted you weren't offering what we're offering."

Robert gives this grin confident that Richard has no other options.

Robert continued, "John Lewis strongly said you'd take the job and had some great ideas and plans for this team."

Richard smiles appreciative of what John Lewis did for him.

"I cannot promise you anything big but I promise once I start you'll believe that the future of the Phoenix Suns franchise will be bright," Richard announced.

"Hmm then what's your pitch?" questioned Robert then continues, "because we're willing to spend money if you're getting us money."

"Well this team is pretty young and so am I being 31 and all but what I have that this team doesn't have is an identity. This team has lost it's identity since Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire left. Until I get started and have the tools I can't give you much detail of what I have planned but I will say this, the basketball operations staff is okay compared with the staff I had in Houston. This team; offensively has players on this team that can put the ball in the hole, defensively as a team isn't up to par. I know McDonough tried different things these past two or three years but nothing really works and slowly players want out. I'm going to do my best with this team starting with the draft. This is a team did finish the season 42-40 but it's not gonna cut it, so I want to bring a new core. I know the Lakers pick didn't go as planned seeing they're not gonna fall out of the top 5 when the lottery comes around. We will worry about that pick next year. However I know you personally you wanted Dre Redd and Chris Valentine I mean who doesn't. I'm willing to try and trade up to get them but I can't promise that."

Robert replies, "If you can make that happen things will be perfect."

"Again no promises but if you're patient with me we will be in the playoffs within the next 3 years and I'll be able to talk free agents to come play here and before you know this franchise will make a turnaround."

"I've heard enough. You're our man and we have faith in you," a persistent Robert said.

"You got 3 years on your contract and depending on how well your plan works out we'll determine adding or terminating," Robert added.

Smiling Richard asked, "Where do I sign?"

Richard begins reading over his contract then finally signs.

Once he finished signing he shook the owner's hand then said, "Oh yeah, I have a request."

A puzzled Robert asked, "What would that be?"

"Ryan McDonough. I want him as the Assistant General Manager," commanded Richard.

The Robert replies, "Done. You want him we'll bring him back."

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New Beginnings for Suns Franchise

Charles M. Hunt

June 24, 2015

PHOENIX - The Phoenix Suns start their first chapter in a new book as Robert Sarver, the Suns' owner, decided to go another direction by hiring former General Manager of the Houston Rockets Richard Ortiz as their new General Manager. When Ortiz announced he wanted to get back into the GM office, after being out for over two years, on the popular Lewis Show Suns owners did not hesitate to sign him. Ortiz along with then partner Daryl Morey got the Rockets franchise to where they are now. Ortiz started the movement bringing Jeremy Lin and then later James Harden to Houston. Ortiz's credentials are nothing to miss but what he did to the Rockets many executives were hesitant to bring him to their organization.

One anonymous NBA executive who wasn't sold on getting Ortiz had this to say, "Ortiz was mentally unstable after his family was murdered whats to say he has the right mindset to run a team."

Another NBA executive who will remain anonymous stated, "(Richard Ortiz) vanished without a trace leaving the Rockets with no insight on his whereabouts put them in a huge bind...I don't want that to happen here."

Anything could happen.

I spoke with Richard Ortiz he gave one statement, "It's time to find a real identity that works here in Phoenix and stick to it."

A strong statement Mister Ortiz.

The last time the Phoenix Suns made the playoffs was when Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire was leading the pack that team was going the right direction. However, all of those ideas departed the Stoudemire decided to leave. This past season the Suns still couldn't find themselves in the playoffs after going 42-40. The fans are just ashamed and restless now.

Ortiz started a movement after his biggest move so far in the off season. He hired a whole new basketball operations staff, but mainly the directors of their category got the pink slip. The way Ortiz were dropping people everyone were surprised he kept Jeff Hornacek as head coach.

Ortiz stated his reasons for keeping Hornacek, "Hornacek is a good coach and I wanna give him another year to state his claim but his top assistant Jackson Thomas is my choice and things can happen in the future."

Could this be Coach Hornacek's final season as the head coach of the Phoenix Suns?

However all over the state of Arizona fans are slowly believing in the new Suns GM. Hope is beginning to surface from the 'ride or die' fans. With the 2015 NBA Draft tomorrow drafting or attaining players like Dre Redd and Chris Valentine would make things perfect.

The Suns have the 14th Overall pick and they're rumored to be pushing to trade up trying to get into the Top 5 since the Lakers did not fall outside of the Top 5 the Suns have to acquire their pick next year.

If Richard Ortiz pulls off a miracle and does trade up to get Dre Redd, Chris Valentine, Lucas Bowe or even Tashawn Sullivan there's no where but up for the Phoenix Suns franchise.