Eclypze fans know all about Horacio Saiz Perez, i.e. Mr. Triple Double, the star 18 year old rookie from Spain that has been awing fans since day one he stepped on the court. What fans don't know is that he has a long lost brother from Romania, Barbu Popescu, who has recently signed with the team. Horacio was actually born into a gypsy family in the Constanta area of Romania. His mother decided to give Horacio up for adoption because they were very poor and could not support little Horacio. Barbu, who was 14 at the time, remember crying many nights over losing his two year old little bro.

Horacio was adopted by a wealthy and snooty Madrileno family in Spain and was never told about his long lost gypsy family. He had memories when he was a toddler of a far-off land, but whenever he questioned his adopted parents they would make up some lie to placate him. Still, Horacio always wondered about his past, something did not seem right to him. Horacio would blossom into a wonderful basketball talent as a teenager in Spain and when he turned 18 signed with the American basketball club Ecylpze.

One day Eclypze traveled to Romania to play against a team from Constanta in a scrimmage. Barbu, who loves the sport of basketball, was at the game to watch his favorite team Fun Team Constanta. When he saw his long lost brother playing for the Americans he could not believe his eyes. He cried in exclamation out loud, "Horacio, I love you!" Horacio was dumbfounded to see this man who looked so much like himself, in fact just like his brother. Although they could not communicate to each other very well, Barbu was able to explain that he was Horacios long lost brother.

PR-manager Patrick de Vocht, who was there to witness the reunion, said, "it was an incredible thing to witness, I had to hold back tears. Horacio asked me if we could sign Barbu to play with our team. We had no idea if Barbu could play basketball very well, but he was very tall so what the hell, we gave him a temporary contract. Although we were doing this to please Horacio, our star rookie, Barbu has turned out to be a very good player himself and has earned a starting spot. We are very pleased to have the two brothers on on our roster".

Edited 3/5/2010 8:34:02 PM by smedlock

Edited 3/5/2010 8:34:15 PM by smedlock

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By: INA-Jerry Midwest_403
To: smedlock

53826.2 as reply to 53826.1
03/12/2010 22:15:37

That's awesome.

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By: INA-CharlieAnastasi23_762
To: smedlock

53826.3 as reply to 53826.1
03/14/2010 16:25:08

this is quite possibly the dumbest thing I have ever seen in my life. I hope you get banned for this.

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By: INA-hawrtin9_836
To: smedlock

53826.4 as reply to 53826.1
03/14/2010 18:28:49

now that there together can i buy barbu for about 100k?

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By: A-Dub
To: smedlock

53826.5 as reply to 53826.1
03/15/2010 03:19:25

Haha... Thats Hilarious! weird, but funny at the same time...

You can come to league IV.48 any time! your pretty funny... their 4 bots 3 are getting sent down...

Good luck on trying to make it to the D-4... I'm sure you wel.. you have a great record. and should make bot clean up...

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By: smedlock
To: INA-hawrtin9_836

53826.6 as reply to 53826.4
03/15/2010 11:35:02

Hey Hawtin, welcome to BB. I'll pass on the Barbu offer :) He's the only center I got right now.

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By: smedlock
To: A-Dub

53826.7 as reply to 53826.5
03/15/2010 11:35:32

Thanks for the comments. Stay tuned for future developments on the Eclypze team.

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By: INA-TerFu_647
To: smedlock

53826.8 as reply to 53826.1
05/27/2010 23:45:31

Woa, that's great man. Keep your press releases rolling XD

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