If we need a import big to replace Johnson ie Wilkinson, with the 2nd import spot ive been thinking we should move Gibson back to the PG spot full time and get a 6'6 athletic versatile swingman, who can shoot the ball from 3 at a decent clip, handle the ball a little, play decent defense, i guess a guy of the same style as James Ennis was last year.
If you went for that you could go for a line up like
Import (Wilkinson)/Schenscher
Petrie/Anthony
Import/Creek
Teys/Crawford (if Crawford doesnt come offer this spot to someone like Dan Dillon or Tom Daly)
Gibson/Carter
To me that looks better, Teys at sf leaves us a little small and not athletic enough against some teams imo. A guy like DJ Kennedy who has played D-League/France would be a perfect fit for the import spot imo.
A large part of me wouldnt mind taking our chances on Schenscher at starting C and getting 2 import swingman, either one more of the D.Thomas/Tucker mould one of the Willie Farley/Ebi Ere mould or 2 guys in the D.Thomas/Tucker mould like the Dragons did with Donta Smith and Darden, both atleast 6'5, ideally one will be close to 6'8. Go fast and atheltic. Spend Ervin and DJ's money on these 2 spots, so should be able to get 2 good imports.
Go with a line up of
C Schenscher/Anthony
PF Petrie/Creek
SF Import/Crawford
SG Import/Teys
PG Gibson/Carter
You could mix and match a whole range of line ups as most of those guys could play atleast 2 positions, would leave us a bit small if Schenscher went down for an extended period, but id take my chances and play him around 20-25 mins a game and run a smaller C like Petrie or Anthony for the rest and play guys like Creek at PF at times. To me it would be a bit like the 2009 Dragons, from memory Burston was there main C, Horvath didnt play much and Wortho was backing up C alot, so im doing similar with Petrie and Schenscher. With the lack of dominant C's around the league i reckon we can take our chances with that line up if Johnson leaves.
If Johnson sticks around obviously the import budget would be less, but id still go for 2 import swingmen, get a cheaper 2nd import out of SEABL/NZ if need be instead of Crawford or Carter.