Kurtis McCartney

Kurtis McCartney is an American alligator to be played on FBA in 2023. He is also a musician that plays rock music.

He currently played for the Lorain Firestorm as a center.

## Biography & Early Life

Born in a busy city of New York Street and growing up with a decent wealthy family. Kurtis grew up with a family that have a long history of musical lover. His family originated from New Orleans, Louisiana. His father and grandfather were all musician and his mother was a former actress and activist. The family often plays rock music, sometimes jazz rap or pop music too. And that’s how Kurtis grew up too and raised with musical instrument and singing, thanks to his parents.

Kurtis started to sing and play instrument by the age of 6 where his father taught him on every evening and his father encouraged him to become a musician, just like him. Kurtis was devasted at first, but he willing to accept for his family’s legacy. Kurtis often sings in public sometimes while playing a rock guitar, especially on the internet. However, ever since rock music is not relevant anymore, he thinks it will be impossible for him to achieve his dream and for his family. Even though he can still do little rap music, but not that much.

Then one day when he was 12 years old, out of boredom while playing music on his headphone after school on a hallway, he saw his classmate playing basketball on a gymnasium, he then remembers that his friends suggest him plays basketball because of how well built he is and also no point of become a rock musician in the future. Kurtis was upset at first…but then he thinks become a basketball player would be his second option. So then, he joins and play basketball with his classmates, his classmates were surprised how a gentle big alligator will become a basketball player. Kurtis doesn’t know how to play at first, his classmates then teach him how to play and do some simple shots. Kurtis then plays them for 1 hour, he finally realized that basketball is a passion for him and his classmates was happy they found a hope for their school team basketball.

Kurtis then joins the basketball team on his high school team, this makes him gaining more built and skills and also more attention on his school. However, due to he always comes home late practice on school day, his father especially, were upset due to he always missed his practice session with his father that he used to do back he was young. His father then scolded him not to play basketball anymore and Kurtis was upset and aggressive about it, the two ended up arguing on each other.

The next day, his school basketball coach team was suspicious on why Kurtis have been absent and feeling down for the past few days. The coach then managed to contact with him when Kurtis was about to go home from school on the outside of the game. The coach asks him why he have been stopped for a while, Kurtis was scared at first, but…he has to tell because he doesn’t want to let down his friend and his coach. The coach then understands him and he ask that if he wants to talk to his father. Kurtis then agrees.

The coach then managed to meet his father when they were on Kurtis’s home. The coach and his father managed to talk about the situation. His father was upset at first, then he later changed his mind cause reason why he doesn’t want to Kurtis to become a basketball player is because he doesn’t want to break his family legacy. His coach then tells Kurtis about it and he was happy and thanked his coach. He told him he can still become a musician since that’s one of his main passions after basketball and also keep his family legacy. Kurtis agrees and the trio laughed together.

As the case been settled, his mother calls out for Kurtis by wanted to tell him something. His mother suggests him to join the FBA consider Kurtis have a talent for being a skillful basketball player. Not only that, she also tells him he can also introduced his music to the world when he becomes a known basketball player. Kurtis then thanked her mother for have been supportive for him since he was a child as the two hugged each other. After Kurtis graduated from university, he signed up the FBA draft this year and hopefully to achieve not only for himself but for his friends and family’s legacy.

## FBA career

### 2023-2024 FBA Season

Kurtis get invited on the Top 24 Rookie Challenge Game, he was then get ranked on top 23. Kurtis get picked by the Lorain Firestorm on number 25th overall in round 2 FBA draft.

## Trvia

* His surname was named after Paul McCartney, a rock singer that was famously known played on The Beatles in the 60s.
* His design is inspired by Monty from Five Nights at Freddy's, Louis from Princess and The Frog, Vector from Sonic the Hedgehog
* He is the first American character to be created and also the tallest and also the first center position player in the FBA.