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Yes, it is the same Eric Bradley.

Eric Bradley, the import from Woodville?
I'm pretty sure he played college ball with Jye Watson who is now playing with Centrals.

And Chris Mason (Pioneers, ex Mavericks) and Brad Hill (AIS, ex Mavericks) and Moses Guthrie if he ever decides to get fit and play again (steady on - that was a bit mean!).

On that note, you guys should journey down the highway and catch up with the Big E when he's in town (late June if my memory serves me rightly). There'll be a strong green and gold Woodville feel to the weekend, so make your way down to the Icehouse for a great night (bring a blanket .... actually, make that two blankets .... or is it three, four, or perhaps an electric heater .... or two .....)

well this is old news!

Eric is a top bloke and it was his Aussie network of the above that brought him out here

He was spotted in albury in ealry january at the australian country cup so he has been over there for a while....

His numbers last weekend really look promising and like he could do some real damage in the SEABl.

How did he go with woodville? I was a little surprised when i heard his stats but i may be wrong.

Rare23air, it might be worth mentioning that SEABL isn't really one the same level as ABL yet.

Sorry Monkey, what you saying? could you please rephrase?

Rare23air, you probably just misunderstood what i was saying,

what i meant was that the standard of basketball in SEABL is not as good as the standard in the ABL. The games in the ABL are of better quality than SEABL.

Does that make my point more clear?

I dont believe you are correct there and i know that the majority of people who use this forum would feel the same.

I cant remember the last time a Central team played off in the national final, SEABL teams are always involved and usually win it all. ALthought Cairns did win in '04.

The SEABL is really the next league down from the NBL, much more professional and higher quality players than the other ABL leages.

Curious Monkey :

What gave you the impression that SEABL was of a lesser standard than ABL? The general concensus is that SEABL is the best of the semi-professional leagues in Australia.

Curious Monkey, yet another SEABL fan here. Have seen them both and have to say SEABL is way above Central ABL. The biggest reason is simply the salary cap - there is none in the SEABL and because of the small country town status of many of the teams, the entire community is behind them, pumping big money into the teams.

Come on down for a game sometime. Moses is happy to catch up for a drink, especially if you're shouting!

If Eric plays real well in SEABL, what do you think of his chances of going on to the NBL, I heard he played real well against the 36er big men,Rees and cooper in the 6er camp last year.

Not taking anything away from SEABL, and true, i haven't seen much of it, but if you look at it this way...

Jason Williams getting paid a large sum of money to play for the Pioneers as a core player. Although he is a sixer, the Sturt team is still going to win ABL. Other players left include O.Forman, T.Gower, D.NG, among others. Any of those three you would say is a better player (certainly looking at sixer minutes when Williams is not injured). If SEABL is a better competition, why didn't Pioneers get an NBL player who does more than get splinters....for 8 years?? Perhaps the pioneers just arn't the strongest team in SEABL as was the case 4-5 years ago?

C.M.- williams isn't a starter on the pioneer club, he averaged about 27 minutes per game in the first round. So that will tell you something about the starting 5.As far as money, unless you know the exact amount he is playing for you are only guessing. If you do know, then that will tell you about the amount of money that SEABL pays their players for williams to come off the bench. On Sturt I'm guessing he would be a starter.

eric has been in albury since before the national schools champs

Jomo - your right, i dont know the minutes or rotation in SEABL, i do know that he is injured now, or recovering from a serious injury which would be affecting game time. What i was talking about was minutes in the sixers. His minutes were small in the NBL, smaller than O. Forman D.NG etc. do you understand why an outsider would come that conclusion, why wouldn't SEABL go after quality NBL players (see above mentioned) also Nash, Holmes (last season) and so on.

Doc.-Can't answer that question mate,maybe it was money, contacts,or players game. Holmes is a different type of player shoots an awful lot.Maybe they wanted someone with experience for their 6th or 7th man, who didn't want to run the show.Check the rest of SEABL rosters, and you will find a bevvy of NBL players and X players and quality imports.

All I can say is good luck to the Big Easy, hope this is a step to the NBL.

In a team like the Pioneers whom already have two high quality resticted players, they are unable to sign an nbl player playing over 15mins. It would be completely rediculous to "sack" one of these players in preference of a forman, ng or other similar player.

According to sources Williams was still only about 50% in round one and did not play last night. He is not expected to play next week either. There were issues with the removal of the pin in his finger and has to have minor surgery to remove it!

He is expected back in round 4 when the pioneers host Ballarat on Easter Thursday!!

Wow. That's big news on Jase. Catch up with ya sometime this week big fella - at training if you're lucky! ;-)

rare23air, thats a fairly in-depth prognosis, i would expect something like that from a doc...are you as knowledge-able on the player restriction rules. are they the same as ABL?

Sorry doc, not really too certain on the Central ABL..... i guess it would be something similar however!

Moses wont see you until A grade final night, will be returning from adelaide to pull on the bulldogs uniform!

Cant wait for that, What do you think your chances are of meeting us then?