Tory Marrón
 Artwork by Mutt-Punk | |
| No. 39 – Plymouth Taproots | |
|---|---|
| Position | Guard |
| Species | Pampas Fox ( Canidae ) |
| Gender | Male |
| Nickname(s) | |
| Torbellino | |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
April 1, 1999 Azle, TX |
| Nationality | American Born to Uruguayan Parents |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Shoots | Right-handed |
| Career information | |
| School | Arlington Predator College |
| FBA draft | 2019 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall |
| Selected by the Plymouth Taproots | |
| Pro playing career | 2019–present |
| Career history | |
| 2019 - present | Plymouth Taproots |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Contract information | |
| Contract year | 2023 |
| 2026 Salary | $12 million |
| 2027 Salary | $12 million |
| 2028 Salary | $12 million |
| Player Contacts | |
| (IC) Agent | Unknown |
| (OOC) Creator | Ratiphex |
| (OOC) Actor | Unknown |
| (OOC) Usage | Ask me before any use |
Biography
Tory Adam James Sosa Marrón is an FBA player drafted by and playing for the Plymouth Taproots.
Born Junipero Sosa Marrón, one of a set of twins in 1999 and the 5th of nine children overall, to parents who came to America from Uruguay and settled in a small town outside Dallas in the mid 1990s.
The nickname Torbellino (meaning whirlwind) was given to him by his mother, as his frequent running and yelling around the house during his childhood was a constant challenge for the family. His early grades were low in elementary school, the fox preferring to look out the window and daydream rather than concentrate on the lessons, and during the second grade, tests determined he had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Thankfully, he was able to be placed in a school that catered to students with issues not long after the results became known and was put on a medication regimen, as well as attending behavioral therapy sessions. This put a strain on the family’s finances, however, and his mother, formerly a housewife, had to take a job at a hotel cleaning rooms to keep the family afloat. It also had the unfortunate effect of his siblings starting to resent him for getting the majority of their parents’ attention.
His grades steadily improved with this help, and he was able to move back to a regular school. The family slowly began adjusting to its “new normal”. At the age of eleven, he sat down to watch a game of basketball his older brother Martin was playing with his friends in a local park. He became interested and was able to follow how the players moved, seeing who was responsible for what roles. This led to him using whatever free time he had on computers both at school and home watching FBA footage and learning more about how the game was played. It took some convincing, but his parents finally relented and allowed him to join a youth basketball program, which gave him something he enjoyed and was able to focus on.
Moving on to junior high school, he tried out for the basketball team, only to be told that he wouldn’t be eligible due to athletic association guidelines - the stimulant medication he relied on for concentration was a banned substance, with no leeway for prescribed therapeutic use. Faced with this, he convinced his parents to let him try life without the medication he had depended on for several years, spinning it as a positive that it would free up money for the family. Not surprisingly, he did find himself struggling, but managed to use playing basketball as his motivation to eke out barely passing grades. It was around this time that his nickname became shortened to the form he uses socially, “Tory.”
His quickness on the court and shooting accuracy from the key and corner got him noticed by college recruiters, and, wanting to remain close to home, enrolled at Arlington Predator College, which offered him a basketball scholarship.
Scouting reports indicated the following strengths: speed, ball-handling, and being able to get in sync with a teammate to execute a flawless no-look pass when he hands the ball off. It lists weaknesses as sometimes getting distracted enough that he spends too long in the paint (drawing a foul), avoidance of shooting from the deep woods, and a tendency to "Volker" on breakaway dunk attempts.
Tory’s life took a sharp twist two weeks before Christmas in 2018 when his parents, who had originally come to the USA on work visas and never left, were rounded up in immigration raids around the Dallas area and quickly deported back to Uruguay.
Pausing his schoolwork in order to earn money to support his two younger siblings, now being cared for by Martin and his girlfriend, and to hire attorneys to help get his parents back in the country legally, he had once again turned to basketball to save him by signing up to be recruited by a D-League team, which he had hoped will give him a springboard to the larger contracts offered by the FBA. No D-League team signed him, so he went toward the main draft, hoping to find a bench spot.
Artwork
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Tory in his college uniform Drawn by Pac
