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Local Star Joins Team
Posted on 12/24/2025
How the hell did that happen? Martin Benton-Evans, aka the hyphen, or as his fans like to call him MBE has been signed in what management are calling an opportunity too good to be missed. Sources close to the club have indicated that MBE’s management had reached out to the club due to MBE wanting to move back to local shores.
In his welcome press conference MBE spoke to the attending media: ‘This is a team on the way up. I want to be playing in the Div II All Star game again. Who knows, maybe this team is good enough to reach the ABBL. Besides, I was sick of speaking Portuguese all the time - the locals were not liking much of my Aussie slang either. I will miss the Brazilian women though’
The language barrier had not slowed down MBE’s gameplay, likely leading the MVP voting MBE was #1 for both FG% and rating in the Brazilian league season, and towards the top in several other categories. It turns out ‘Pass it to the big bloke under the basket’ is easy enough to understand ...
