Yorick Williams today admitted Brighton fans have probably seen him in Bears colours for the last time.
The injured England international is definitely out of Bears' final home game of the season, against London Towers tomorrow (7pm), and unlikely to return for the play-offs.
Williams is planning a summer move to Europe, which would end his season-and-threequarters in Sussex.
Radhi Knapp has already left Bears. He is back in Canada after an off-the-court disagreement with the club.
There is a good chance other Bears will be playing their last home games at the Triangle tomorrow, though who they are remains to be seen.
As is customary in British basketball, all the current squad are on one-season deals.
Williams will not even be at Burgess Hill to watch the final home game, due to physio appointments in Manchester.
He has another check on his injured foot on Monday but is unlikely to feature in the play-off quarter-final at Sheffield a week tomorrow.
He said: "The specialist will say yes or no and I'm hopeful but I can't afford to put more pressure on it if it's not strong enough.
WHO'LL BE BACK? OUR VERDICT PRIORITIES Ryan Huntley: Get him on board early.
Andrew Alleyne: Depending on family commitments in Barbados.
HIGH ON THE LIST Ajou Deng: Would be a must-have playing at his best and with a UK passport.
Ronnie Baker: As back-up with potential for coaching input.
Duncan Ogilvie: Has worked wonders to return and deserves a deal.
IN THE BALANCE Steve Lepore: Lots to offer but would face a battle for the third work-permit spot.
Tony Holley: Would he sign as sixth man?
Joe Perera: Might want to move in search of court time.
NOT LIKELY Yorick Williams: Should get a Euro deal.
NO CHANCE Radhi Knapp: It's over.
WANTED MEN An outside threat: Lepore or a new boy.
A big man: An athletic scorer in his prime.
"After this season, I will maybe look to finish my career in Europe. I'm looking at that for next season.
"Brighton has been excellent but it's time to move on for me.
"It's about money, about competition. I'm a European player and I've been chilling at home for two years.
"It's time to go back to play with the big boys."
Williams, whose season ended as he was leading a comeback against Chester on February 5, admitted he had struggled watching his injury-hit team slide down the BBL table.
He said: "It has been frustrating watching my team mates lose games where, if we had a full team, we would have definitely crushed the team we were playing.
"When you've got three of the starting line-up out at the same time it is bound to have an effect.
"It's difficult for the lads who are left. Steve (Lepore) and Ajou (Deng) are in their first years of professional basketball and that just leaves you with one veteran in Tony Holley.
"When you are put in tough situations you've got to step up. These lads can only learn from this experience."
If Williams' Brighton career is over, then the moment which ended it was typical of his approach throughout his time with the Bears, chasing back to pull-off an unlikely block as Trey Moore went for a lay-up.
Moore then fell on top of Williams but the Bears man admitted: "It wasn't one of those things you would expect to have a broken bone from."
Coach Nick Nurse is determined to learn from this season's setbacks.
He said: "I'm going to work hard to get the budget I need to put a better team on the floor.
"We've got to have a team that can play better defence. I haven't handled these problems very well and I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure we don't go through them again."
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