I would love to see DJ Kennedy in a 36ers uniform, i reckon he would be a star, hopefully he is interested and affordable.
We can probably afford 1 star import and 1 cheapish import
My preferred combo is now Ebi Ere, or a scoring sg/sf DJ Kennedy (star import) could also fill this role, and John Williamson (cheapish) to play sf/pf to support Creek, Petrie in the forward rotation and as insurance if one were to have troubles or not be 100% in form straight away, reduce the pressure if u will. Probably dreaming about Ebi, but someone of his mould is ideal, a scoring athletic sg/sf next to Gibbo.
Watched Williamson play a VTB game from a couple of years back against CSKA and he looked very versatile and very good, only thing he seemed to lack is a outside shot, but looked good penetrating and from mid range, think Chris Williams skill set. He was rumoured a while back to want a 2nd crack at NBL, so if true and willing to take what we can afford im all for it, he looks good and was very well received when he was here pre-injury, mvp hype, so could be a cheap way to get a star. Playing French pro b at the moment, so doubt he is on mega bucks, so should be affordable.
My team is
PG Gibson/Cadee
SG Ere or Kennedy/Burdon
SF Williamson/Creek
PF Petrie/Pero or Dowdell
C Schenscher/Johnson
Williamson probably is more of a pf/sf, but could play sf imo just as athletic as Weigh or Wortho, has decent handles and an ok mid range game. I want to put plenty of minutes into Creek once he is in form, so Williamson would then slide upto PF or come off the bench, basically have a 3 forward rotation of Williamson, Creek, Petrie all playing 25-30 mins each. Kennedy or Ere (import) would also be able to play sf if needed. If we go for a star import pg ie Ervin they need to be a scorer next to Gibson and we may need more of a sg/sf 2nd ie Andrew Warren (playing NZ NBL so likely affordable) import instead of a sf/pf Williamson type.
Move Gibbo back to pg, i think that is his best position, use him as the Mee, not the Maher, he isnt a natural scorer imo.
Johnson off the bench as a spark plug scrorer, i think he would be well suited, and Johnson and Williamson would also combine well imo.
Burdon used as a cheap points/salary option, a local, good SEABL form, play a Ng type role. Would offer this spot to Daly first up, but is rumoured to be going to the Kings, so i went Burdon as plan b. Burdon being more of a shooter may be the better fit. If we lose Daly i hope Cadee turns out to be as good as his hype would hate to see another Madgen situation where local star goes elsehwere and flourishes and does way better than the guy the 36ers signed instead.
Plenty of imports around, and many likely fairly affordable others with NBL experience who could fit in ok at the right price are who i think are worth looking at Gilchrist, Ubaka, Dorsey, Andrew Warren, Ervin, Deleon, Patrick Sanders, Lisch, DeVries, Chris Warren, Shane Edwards.
You obviously wouldnt pay top dollar for many of those guys, but at the right price many of them could be useful, if we cant afford a mvp level sg/sf id go for Andrew Warren, good shooter, athletic, decent defender, would fill the role well at likely an affordable price.